Senior Health Care Support Worker (Band 3)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a health professional who wants to build a career caring for children and are eager to develop your skills and knowledge?

If you are an enthusiastic, caring professional who has a passion for supporting children and families by providing high standards of clinical care from 7 days through to 18 years of age within Airedale Hospital Children's Services we would like to hear from you.

You will need to be kind and responsive and remain professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide. You will need to have good communication skills and be able to demonstrate a caring and supportive approach to working.

We are currently looking for Senior Health Care Support Worker skilled in the care of children with acute and elective health care needs, to join our Childrens Unit Team. In order to achieve our vision for the future we currently have posts available for someone who possess essential levels of practical skills and knowledge in caring for children needing acute and planned care.

There are a variety of hours available, part-time to full time hours.

Please note; We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Previous applicants need not re-apply

Main duties of the job

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven college and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.We want to attract staff who embrace out 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

Cycle to Work
Travel Scheme
Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
Onsite Nursery
Buying and Selling Annual Leave
Car Leasing
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Health and Wellbeing
Extensive Reward Scheme
Counselling Service
Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

Committed to Quality of Care
Compassion
Working together for patients
Improving Lives
Everyone Counts
Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Date posted

25 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

423-6825191

Job locations

Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road

Steeton

BD20 6TD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 Care
Maths and English at Grade C/Level 2 or Grade 4 GCSE

Desirable

NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential

Previous care experience.

Knowledge

Essential

Verbal and Written Command of English

Desirable

Evidence of Previous Qualifications/ Courses Passed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 Care
Maths and English at Grade C/Level 2 or Grade 4 GCSE

Desirable

NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential

Previous care experience.

Knowledge

Essential

Verbal and Written Command of English

Desirable

Evidence of Previous Qualifications/ Courses Passed

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information