Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Main duties of the job

Health Care Support Worker

Band 3 - £24,625 - £25,674

18.75 hours per week

Permanent

An excellent and rare opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Band 3 health care support worker role within the Locala TB service, covering North and South Kirklees.

Predominantly the role will be based in North Kirklees but there may be times when the successful candidate will need to work in the Huddersfield area.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable, infectious disease; we offer a unique specialist service to patients across the Kirklees area which includes caring for both children and adults, providing a high standard of care within different cultures to people who are suffering from both active and latent TB.

The service provides TB screening clinics weekly to people who are new into the Country and come from a country where TB is of a high prevalence. We also take care of patients and their families who have active TB.

Our mission is to help vulnerable communities reach their potential and live well, free from TB. We do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time, liaising and work closely with several stake holders including United Kingdom health security agency (UKHSA), Kirklees council public health and other patient support agencies to achieve this.

We are looking for an experienced health care support worker who would like to work within a varied and unusual field of nursing to join our small friendly team.

About us

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.