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Renal Social Worker

Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Reading
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annuem
Closing date
18 Oct 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Band 6 - Renal Social Worker

We are looking for a Renal Social Worker who is able:
  • To provide a social work service to clients under the care of the renal department.
  • To provide a full psychosocial assessment of patients and continuing psychosocial support.
  • To liaise with other health and social care professionals both within the Trust and the Community.
  • To work as a member of the renal multidisciplinary team (MDT) and to provide appropriate social work input to that team.


Main duties of the job

  • Find solutions to problems ie Financial & benefit assessments.
  • Psycho- social support.
  • Multidisciplinary team Meyerbeer of the Renal team.
  • Helping protect vulnerable people renal patients from harm or abuse.
  • Supporting renal patients to live independently where appropriate.


About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential

  • Certificate of qualification in social work (CQSW) or Diploma in Social Work Appropriate Degree 3 years post qualifying experience Current registration with the Health & Care professional council (HCPC)
  • Current registration with the Health & Care professional council (HCPC)
  • 3 years post qualifying experience


Desirable

  • Hospital or Hospice Experience
  • To have or be willing to work towards PQ1 and other professional development courses


Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to assess social and psycho social needs
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work independently and creatively, but as part of a team
  • Skilled in verbal, written and electronic communication
  • Good interpersonal and organisational skills Sensitive approach to patients and families


Desirable

  • Knowledge of Nephrology Experience of teaching colleagues
  • Experience of multi-cultural issues


Other requirements

Essential

  • Awareness of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
  • Up to date knowledge of benefit system and legislation appropriate to role.
  • Flexible approach to work
  • car driver as work takes us over two counties East & West Berkshire.


Desirable

  • Linguistic ability an advantage.


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire

Albert ward, London Road,

Reading

RG1 5AN

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