Healthcare Support Worker - West Mendip Hospital

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Health Care Assistant - West Mendip Hospital

We currently have permanent vacancies for Health Care Assistants - full/ part time.

West Mendip Hospital has 30 inpatient re-enablement beds and we provide care and support for patients in and around our community. We work closely with other health and social care professionals to make a difference to individuals lives in times that can be very emotive and difficult for patients and family members. Patients are admitted to the ward for a period of assessment from our nursing, rehab and social care team in order to support patient centred discharge planning to various settings.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for applicants with excellent communication skills and are flexible, motivated, hard-working, able to prioritise their workload and demonstrate evidence of commitment to ongoing professional development.

Successful applicants will work alongside the registered nurse and assist with all aspects of patient care, from admission through to discharge, using a computerised record keeping system. You will provide general nursing care to all of your patients, ensuring they are treated with dignity and respect.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Date posted

25 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

184-EA5480496

Job locations

West Mendip Hospital

Old Wells Road

Glastonbury

BA6 8JD


Job description

Job responsibilities

You would be required to work flexibly on an internal shift rotation, working both days and nights over a seven day period, including bank holidays. In return you will receive enhanced payments for working unsocial hours, a generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme.

Informal visits are encouraged and welcome.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You would be required to work flexibly on an internal shift rotation, working both days and nights over a seven day period, including bank holidays. In return you will receive enhanced payments for working unsocial hours, a generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme.

Informal visits are encouraged and welcome.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of secondary education

Desirable

  • Care Certificate (Skills for Care) inhouse training or prepared to undertake within an agreed timescale
  • Vocational level 2 Healthcare or willingness to undertake within agree time scale

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Good understanding of working in the clinical environment

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within an NHS environment
  • Basic keyboard skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of secondary education

Desirable

  • Care Certificate (Skills for Care) inhouse training or prepared to undertake within an agreed timescale
  • Vocational level 2 Healthcare or willingness to undertake within agree time scale

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Good understanding of working in the clinical environment

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working within an NHS environment
  • Basic keyboard skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Mendip Hospital

Old Wells Road

Glastonbury

BA6 8JD


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Mendip Hospital

Old Wells Road

Glastonbury

BA6 8JD


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Ward Sister

Elaine Jomes

Elaine.jones@somersetft.nhs.uk

01458836470

Date posted

25 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

184-EA5480496

Job locations

West Mendip Hospital

Old Wells Road

Glastonbury

BA6 8JD


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