Job overview

Bluebird Lodge is a community hospital based in Ipswich. Here we provide a service for people who require reablement and rehabilitation.

Bluebird Lodge has 28 inpatient beds and the team is made up from nurses, health care support workers, generic workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals.

Bluebird Lodge caters for a wide range of patients who require rehabilitation following a hospital stay or admission from the community setting.

As a Generic worker you will support the wider team in providing a high standard of care for our patients.  This includes actively planning our patients discharges, inline with their rehabilitation goals, whilst assisting and promoting independence with activities of daily living.

At Bluebird Lodge we receive patients with different needs. This includes rehabilitation, however at times our patients require medical support, such as Intravenous antibiotics, Piccline care, Peg care etc. 

As a generic worker you will work alongside the nursing and therapy team completing delegated tasks from registered practitioners. Carrying out routine elements of assessment, working to care plans, carrying out delegated care/therapy interventions.

Main duties of the job

• To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a registered nurse. Including specific skilled support with wound care management, pressure ulcer prevention and additional patient support with stoma teaching for example.
• To provide a reablement approach to supporting patients with personal care including bathing, toileting and feeding.
• To provide specific skilled support to the registered therapists in providing rehabilitation from set rehabilitation plans alongside the therapy team and helping to facilitate patient’s to achieve their goals and support timely discharges.
• To be able to work flexibly over a 7 day service.
• To establish effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality care for our patients, families and carers.
• To support in the identification and issuing of equipment required for patient use on the ward.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

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