Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker - Lindhurst Ward

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Job summary

Join Our Team as a Healthcare Assistant!

Are you passionate about providing exceptional care to patients? We are currently seeking dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our dynamic team on Lindhurst Ward at Mansfield Community Hospital.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure outstanding patient care. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills. It will involve a mixture of both day shifts and night shifts to meet our staffing needs.

Main duties of the job

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Details

Date posted

20 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

214-MED-6739732-A

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Demonstrate good communication skills
  • Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 2 in care or willingness to work towards
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement

Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in care

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care experience and life skills
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Demonstrate good communication skills
  • Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 2 in care or willingness to work towards
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement

Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in care

Experience

Essential

  • Previous customer care experience and life skills
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward leader

Nemone Briggs

nemone.briggs@nhs.net

01623785110

Details

Date posted

20 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

214-MED-6739732-A

Job locations

Mansfield Community Hospital

Stockwell Gate

Mansfield

NG18 5QJ


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