Job summary
Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?
We are looking for individuals with or without experience of working in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) opportunities are available at Airedale Hospital in medical and surgical areas. We also have positions at Castleberg Hospital, Settle.
No experience? No problem. We will teach you everything you need to know.
To us, it is more important that you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families day and night. Working as a Healthcare Support Worker in a hospital means you will need to be flexible and able to work various shifts over a 24 hour period.
If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Health Care Support Worker.
Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you will acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.
The Healthcare Support Worker role can also lead to a range of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.
** If you have previously applied within the last 6 months - please do not reapply**
Main duties of the job
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 who need help
- Serving meals and assisting patients to eat
- Helping patients to move around
- Making beds
- Talking to patients and their families
- Monitoring patient conditions
Example shift patterns (worked over a 6 week rota period)
Long Day 7.30am - 7.30pm
Early shift 7.30am - 4.00pm
Early split 7.30am - 2.00pm
Late shift 12.00pm - 8.00pm
Late split 2.00pm - 8.00pm
Night shift 7.30pm - 7.30am
Twilight 3.00pm - 11.00pm
About us
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.
What we Offer
Range of opportunities for flexible working
- Strong team ethos
- NHS salary structure & generous pension
- 27 days holiday plus days off for bank holidays worked
- Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Childcare vouchers
- Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Health and wellbeing support
- Discounts on public transport
- Disability Confident Reasonable adjustments
- Nightingales on site nursery
This opportunity is only available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK as we are currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
Please Note: The vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications so please submit your application as soon as possible ensuring you provide as much information as possible to enable us to shortlist. The vacancy will be re-advertised on a regular basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Skills and personal attributes needed
- Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including using the toilet
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Have good listening and communication skills
- Be well organised
Support
We offer an initial two-week induction and training programme for HCSWs. This includes learning about the Hospital and all the core skills you will need such as preventing infection and how to provide direct care. You will have some learning with registered nurses and other days specifically for HCSW. For anyone new to care, we then offer two weeks support working alongside an experienced HCSW in clinical practice, learning the role before being included in the staffing numbers. We will support you to achieve a Care Certificate during your first few months if you do not already have one. The care certificate takes you through 15 different standards such as patient confidentiality and nutrition and hydration. Anyone who wishes to progress may be supported to achieve a Health and Social Care qualification, in partnership with Keighley College on our apprenticeship programme.
There are further development opportunities if you are interested, with career pathways to become a Nursing Associate and Registered Nurse.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Skills and personal attributes needed
- Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including using the toilet
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Have good listening and communication skills
- Be well organised
Support
We offer an initial two-week induction and training programme for HCSWs. This includes learning about the Hospital and all the core skills you will need such as preventing infection and how to provide direct care. You will have some learning with registered nurses and other days specifically for HCSW. For anyone new to care, we then offer two weeks support working alongside an experienced HCSW in clinical practice, learning the role before being included in the staffing numbers. We will support you to achieve a Care Certificate during your first few months if you do not already have one. The care certificate takes you through 15 different standards such as patient confidentiality and nutrition and hydration. Anyone who wishes to progress may be supported to achieve a Health and Social Care qualification, in partnership with Keighley College on our apprenticeship programme.
There are further development opportunities if you are interested, with career pathways to become a Nursing Associate and Registered Nurse.
Person Specification
Experience & Achievements
Essential
- No previous experience required
Desirable
- Experience of working in a formal care setting or as an informal carer
- Previous experience of dealing with the public
Disposition, Qualities and Values
Essential
- Be caring with a desire to help others
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and assisting patients to use the toilet
- High levels of commitment and self-motivation
- An ability to engage with a wide range of individuals
Desirable
- Commitment to personal development
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of what 'confidentiality' is and how you put into practice
- Good listening, written and verbal communication skills
- Be well organised happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Understanding of equality and diversity and how you put it into practice
Desirable
- Demonstrate literacy in IT
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential
- Possess or be willing to work towards the care certificate
- Be able to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills required for the post
Desirable
- Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care
- Functional skills level 1 numeracy
- Functional skills level 1 literacy
Person Specification
Experience & Achievements
Essential
- No previous experience required
Desirable
- Experience of working in a formal care setting or as an informal carer
- Previous experience of dealing with the public
Disposition, Qualities and Values
Essential
- Be caring with a desire to help others
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and assisting patients to use the toilet
- High levels of commitment and self-motivation
- An ability to engage with a wide range of individuals
Desirable
- Commitment to personal development
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Understanding of what 'confidentiality' is and how you put into practice
- Good listening, written and verbal communication skills
- Be well organised happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Understanding of equality and diversity and how you put it into practice
Desirable
- Demonstrate literacy in IT
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential
- Possess or be willing to work towards the care certificate
- Be able to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills required for the post
Desirable
- Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care
- Functional skills level 1 numeracy
- Functional skills level 1 literacy
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.
