Job overview

The admission avoidance team want to recruit to new roles: Specialist Support Workers Intermediate Care, we ae seeking people with a passion for caring people in their own home and prompting independence through collaborative working. 

You will need to be able to identify and escalate patient deterioration, work across the community teams to dleverpateint care with the support of nursing and therapy staff and have excellent organizational skills. The Intermediate Care team is passionate about training and education and the successful candidate will be offered teaching on a regular basis and will have the opportunity to develop in these roles.

West London NHS Trust is delighted to have been awarded the contract in 2019 to provide community services in Ealing over the next 10 years. We have formed a partnership (Ealing Community Partners) with Central and North West London NHS Trust (CNWL), The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust and a number of other partners to provide community services throughout Ealing. 

 Our staff are central to delivering the service vision and we are keen to recruit high calibre staff who will be offered the support required to fulfil their roles as well as being provided with the training and experience to further their skills and build a career of which they can be proud

Note: This role does not offer sponsorship 

Main duties of the job

• To assess a defined range of activities of daily living tasks, prescribe equipment, deliver, demonstrate safe use and assess efficacy of these to support the patient achieve their daily activity as a trusted assessor, to include mobility aids.
•    To complete an initial subjective and objective assessment of patients. To use clinical reasoning and utilising assessment and treatment skills to formulate treatment plans as directed by qualified staff within protocols and scope of practice Document your findings appropriately in patient records, escalate to the clinical lead as needed and agree further input from the service.
•     To have the ability to handle patients with mobility problems, in an enabling way. This may include the use of hoists, sliding sheets, wheelchairs, mobility aids etc in line with Trust manual handling policy and training.
•   To complete final visits to patients, complete discharge letters for patients under your care.
•   To identify whether referrals to other community resources and services are indicated and complete these within local protocols.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.