Join Our Team as a Shift Team Leader in Reablement Therapy!

Are you a dedicated therapy worker with a passion for making a positive impact on the lives of others? Are you ready to take the next step in your career and lead a team of compassionate therapy workers? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! 

Position: Reablement Therapy Shift Team Leader - Reablement Therapy Service – band 4

Location: Based at Keynsham Health Centre or The Hollies, Midsomer Norton (cross over between bases expected). Covering cases over the North East Somerset area.

Work Schedule: Working shifts on a set rota pattern including every other weekend and evening shifts when applicable.

About Us: At our Reablement Therapy Service, we are committed to helping individuals regain their independence and improve their quality of life. We provide essential support to patients, enabling them to achieve their goals and lead fulfilling lives. As a Shift Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in our mission to deliver top-quality care to our community. 

You will feel valued as a Reablement Therapy Shift Leader within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• £24,000 salary (pro-rated to hours worked) with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Key Responsibilities:

• To apply your extensive community experience, ideally within a reablement or similar team, to set a leading example.
• Serve as a valuable resource, promptly addressing inquiries from our dedicated Band 3 Reablement Therapy Workers, offering guidance, and nurturing a collaborative work environment.
• Manage a caseload during your shifts, consistently upholding the highest care standards.
• Take a proactive role in dynamic casework decisions and management, including providing physical assistance to reablement therapy workers when necessary.
• Collaborate closely with our coordinator to schedule therapy worker support visits, demonstrating flexibility to reallocate tasks in case of shift disruptions such as sickness or absence.
• Provide support during Out of main office hours when needed, including covering for sick colleagues, offering extra support when required, or responding to changes in patient health.
• Ensure the safety of our staff during lone working situations, and monitoring staff sign-in and sign-out procedures.
• Maintain a valid UK driver's license and access to a car for work purposes, as your responsibilities will span across North East Somerset Reablement.

Requirements: 

• Proven experience in a community healthcare setting, ideally within reablement or a related field. 
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Flexibility to work every other weekend and evening shifts (7.5 hours) between 08:00 and 22:00 hours.
• A valid UK driver's license and access to a car.
• Please job description for essential criteria.

If you are a compassionate, experienced healthcare professional ready to take on a leadership role in a dynamic Reablement Therapy Service, we want to hear from you! Join us in our mission to empower individuals on their journey to recovery and independence. 

If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this role. We look forward to welcoming you to our team and making a difference together! 

Apply today and be a part of a team that is transforming lives through compassionate care! 

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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