Job summary
- Main area
- Health Care Support Worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 388-7054683-ACS-D
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dawlish Community Hospital - Base
- Town
- Dawlish
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker Lower Limb Service
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
You will work collaboratively, under direct and indirect supervision of Registered Nurses, and Podiatrists as a member of the Lower Limb Therapy Service, to deliver gold standard leg ulcer treatments to patients. You will cover across TSDFT Outpatient Clinics
You provide leg ulcer management treatments as required, to include limb reshaping, delegated patient specific compression therapy, and measuring for compression hosiery/wraps as required. To assist in yearly well leg assessments for patients under the LLTS leg leg program
The service aims to promote health and wellbeing, facilitate timely healing for lower limb ulceration and maximise independent living for our patients.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of a peripatetic specialist team in Trust wide outpatient clinics delivering leg ulcer management treatments, to include wound bed preparation and compression therapy treatments.
Be responsible in the preparation of clinics at the beginning and end of the working day. Complying with infection control protocol.
Actively support patients encouraging self-care to prevent leg ulceration recurrence, post healing with the LLTS.
Accompany RN/Podiatrist to patients’ homes to deliver specialist assessments to housebound patients under the care of Community Nursing Services
Liaise with members of the wider healthcare teams – Vascular; Podiatry; Tissue Viability Service; Dermatology; GP’s and Practice Nurses.
Working for our organisation
Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focused on quality. We focus on solutions and people’s strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon.
And if you do join us, you’ll be working in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, with a fantastic quality of life. We actively encourage our people to enjoy a good work/life balance and Devon offers everything from city living to a host of outdoor activities. Whether it’s the coast that floats your boat, the adrenaline of white-water rafting, trekking across the moors or being mindful in nature, you’ll find it all right on your doorstep.
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle).
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work as a member of a specialist team
Document clearly and concisely in patient notes utilising Trust wound care documentation
Communicate using a variety of resources – face to face; telephone; email – in a timely manner
Communicate with patients, and their families and friends
Communicate with other specialist surgical and medical services; Community Nurses; GP’s and other relevant Health and Social Care professionals
Take part in team meetings, encouraging effective communication between other staff
Escalate any incidents, and/or near misses immediately to the RN/Podiatrist clinic lead, and complete reporting via Datix.
To work within the agreed Clinical Governance Framework, incorporating audit, clinical effectiveness and incident reporting.
To work within the limits of own competence and responsibility within the team and organisation, as identified by the appropriate accountable professional.
To educate and support patients/carers in the use of equipment in accordance with Local Guidelines and within own competence.
To encourage, enable and support individuals, wherever possible, to gain or maintain confidence, independence and participation in social, recreational and community activities.
To attend mandatory and other appropriate training courses to meet personal development objectives and to assist in the training of others as directed.
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification/experience
- Basic IT skills – Microsoft Word & Email use
Desirable criteria
- Tissue Viability experience or qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a good level of literacy, numeracy, verbal and written skills
- Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to communicate with individuals of varying levels of understanding
- Good record keeping skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of basic wound care as relevant to the role
- Knowledge of leg ulcer management
- Experience of compression bandage application
Specific skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a caring environment
- Demonstrate an understanding of the rights of the patient
- Demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety within a healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leg ulcer management
- Compression bandage application
- Tissue Viability experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Clements
- Job title
- Lower Limb Therapy Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917345436
- Additional information
Alternative contact details
Sonia Kindon - LLTS Team Lead - 07768988250
Georgia Blakesley - LLTS Team Lead - 07741091685
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