A great opportunity has arisen to join our award winning Vulnerable Adult Support Team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will alongside our clinical team to support patients who attend the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Medical Unit (AMU) in crisis, due to issues such as domestic and sexual abuse, substance use and homelessness.
You will join our dedicated Vulnerable Adult Support Team whose members are passionate about helping patients with complex issues such as domestic and sexual abuse, substance use and homelessness. The team is ‘one of a kind’, offering a unique opportunity to work alongside expert clinicians to provide person-centred interventions in the emergency care and acute medicine settings. The work of this team has been described as ‘outstanding’ in two CQC inspections of the Trust (in 2015 and 2019) and the team also won the ‘Emergency and Critical Care’ category in the 2018 Nursing Times Awards.
You can read an overview of the main duties of the role in the section below: Job Description and Main Responsibilities.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents attached.
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
You will receive referrals from ED and AMU staff and will have the opportunity to spend time talking with each patient, so you can understand the issues they are experiencing from their perspective.
Your intervention will include identification of relevant psychosocial problems, risk assessment, information giving, signposting and referral to specialist and community services.
You will make safeguarding referrals for adults and their children.
You will liaise with clinicians, safeguarding teams and multi-agency partners from specialist and community services to help formulate safe management plans.
You will act as the patient’s advocate, helping them to achieve the outcomes they desire and, in doing so, will help promote their health, safety and wellbeing.
You will be there to support patients in times of crisis and, in doing so, will gain immense satisfaction from being able to help them access the services they need. For many, this will create positive changes in their lives.
You will also help the clinical team to provide a safe and supportive environment for patients with learning disability and dementia.
You will provide supervision, mentoring and training to less experienced team members. You will contribute to service development, including audit, and will support the process of developing anticipatory care plans for some of our High Intensity Service Users.
You will have:
Experience of working with patients with psychosocial needs in a client-focused health or social care role.
Experience of supporting the identification & reporting of adult and child safeguarding referrals.
A good understanding of mental capacity, confidentiality and consent, when applied to working with vulnerable adults.
A professional appearance, as well as good organisational, interpersonal skills and communication skills.
The ability to manage your own time and work independently, but also be able to work collaboratively within teams.
As a minimum, education to GCSE (or equivalent) standard, with a pass in English and possess an NVQ3 or equivalent level of experience
Interview date: Tuesday the 20th April 2021
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
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- Our values and vision
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- Benefits we offer our staff
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- Information about our city
- Relocating to Southampton
- Our fantastic staff and their work
To find out what our staff think about working here, you may also wish to look at our most recent friends and family test and NHS staff survey results, or our latest CQC report.
Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff will be provided with either park and ride access or an onsite permit. Eligibility for an onsite permit is dependent on the nature and requirements of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.
Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
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