Health Care Support Worker - WITH EXPERIENCE

Wye Valley NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 November 2024

Job summary

Experienced Health Care Support Worker - Permanent, Band 2 - 3- With the Opportunity to Undertake an Apprenticeship Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced support workers to develop a career in the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker.

We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available to applicants with previous health care experience, who are wanting to develop a career.

Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity to undertake a Level 2/3 Apprenticeship if not already obtained. This opportunity will provide valuable work experience and upon completion a recognised Healthcare qualification.

You will be given the opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge required to become competent in supporting patients across a wide range of specialties that include roles in both acute and community settings.

WVT are providing the opportunity for band 2 to band 3 career development and pay progression opportunities, subject to experience and competencies achieved.

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Main duties of the job

As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

Examples of what you may do as part of your role:

Washing and dressing patients
Serving meals and feeding patients
Helping patients to move around
Making beds
Talking to patients and their families
Monitoring patient condition

Skills and personal attributes needed:

Understand and comply with HCSW mandatoryinduction standards and code of conduct
Caring and kind
To supervise junior/new members of staff and student nurses
Cheerful and friendly
Maintain upto date records
Able to follow direct instructions
Ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Effective written and verbal communication, literacy,numeracy and IT skills.
Participate in audit and quality improvement
Be well organised

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

05 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £25,674 a year Per Annum - Dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-MED-3616644-AAG

Job locations

Hereford

Stonebow Rd

Hereford,

HR1 2ER

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.

This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activitie
Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
Previous experience working in a care environment

Personal Attributes

Essential

Demonstration of caring and compassionate attributes and the Trust's CARE values.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
Ability to work well under pressure
Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information

Other Factors

Essential

Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions that may be required

Skills Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Understand working within the scope of their practice
Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activitie
Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
Previous experience working in a care environment

Personal Attributes

Essential

Demonstration of caring and compassionate attributes and the Trust's CARE values.
Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
Ability to work well under pressure
Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information

Other Factors

Essential

Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions that may be required

Skills Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Understand working within the scope of their practice
Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting

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.