Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

Healthcare Support Worker - Band 3

Trowbridge MIU Department

Permanent - Part Time - 0.96 WTE

Base - Trowbridge Community Hospital

Do you enjoy working in a busy environment where no two shifts are the same?

Would you like to work in a highly supportive team with excellent opportunities for development and progression?

Do you want to fully utilise and develop your clinical skills underpinned with funded training in Emergency Practice?

If so our Minor Injury Units are the place for you!

Wiltshire Health and Care have a variety of full and part-time Health Care Support Worker roles available within our two Minor Injury Units;

Our Minor Injury Units are based in Chippenham and Trowbridge, and treat approximately 2000 patients across the service per month, making a real difference, providing care closer to home and avoiding admission to hospital wherever possible and appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Wiltshire Health and Care is committed to the development of staff and a programme of support and development will be put in place, tailor for all new starters, to develop competencies, skills and knowledge, enabling progression on the career ladder.

You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team who pride themselves on their excellent team working and support of each other whilst treating a diverse range of conditions.

If you put patient care central to all you do and you have experience from working in an Emergency Department environment, have excellent wound care skills and are able to apply a variety of Plaster of Paris back slabs, or if you are keen to learn these skills, come for an orientation visit.

Our roles will provide you with a challenging but rewarding opportunity to utilise your skills and to deliver excellent care to a wide group of patients.

To apply for our roles, please visit NHS Jobs and Search for Wiltshire Health and Care or if you would like any further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Barry Iedema, Senior Clinical Lead, 07392 280 263 or email: b.iedema@nhs.net

About us

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!

Employer details

Employer name

Wiltshire Health and Care LLP

Address

Trowbridge Community Hospital

Adcroft Street

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

BA14 8PH

Employer's website

https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Wiltshire Health and Care LLP

Address

Trowbridge Community Hospital

Adcroft Street

Trowbridge

Wiltshire

BA14 8PH

Employer's website

https://wiltshirehealthandcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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