Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Obtained an educational level of GCSE level A – C English and Maths or equivalent
• Minimum Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or equivalent higher apprenticeship
• Care Certificate or willingness to work towards attaining it

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in delivering care and working in a healthcare, people centred environment.
• Experience working as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience in supervising others at work

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of competence in patient assessment skills
• Evidence of specialist extended skills and competencies
• Evidence of regular updates and utilisation of specialist skills and competencies
• Able to implement and evaluate treatment
• Able to recognise when escalation to a registered professional is required
• Able to delegate work appropriately
• Good written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Competent IT skills
• Able to present information, written and orally, in an accurate, clear and logical manner
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Able to work autonomously
• Ability to write accurately and legibly in patient notes

Desirable

• Experience of supervising others

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work as part of a team
• Compassionate and caring nature
• Empathetic
• Reliable

Other

Essential

• Passes pre-employment checks
• Able to work flexibly over a 24-hour period
• Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort throughout the working day and carry out concurrent activities
• Able, with appropriate support, to work in an emotionally demanding environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).