Personal Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Hello, my name is Erica Apps, and I am the Lead Nurse for the Pain Speciality at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Band 2 Personal Healthcare Support Worker in our Specialist Pain Services. The Pain Service is a specialist teams working with people with complex chronic pain. These roles are unique and will be an interesting career development for people at any point in their working lives. Based in Bernard Ireland House (E2) at the RUH this includes accommodation for the patients accessing specialist pain rehabilitation programmes. The role involves working evenings, nights & weekends to support the patients during their specialist pain rehabilitation.

We are a very professional and supportive team. We understand the pressures that we all face, and we will work together to provide outstanding care to all our patients.

I would very much welcome you for an informal visit so you can meet the team. I am happy to talk through the role in more detail and answer any questions you may have. Please do contact me either by telephone(01225 821996)or by email (ericaapps@nhs.net) if this is something that you would like to do.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include supporting our patients with personal care and activities of daily living whilst also maintaining running of the accommodation and clinic/therapy rooms. You will be supporting patients in really making a difference to their independence in the presence of pain & distress which is challenging for many of our patients on a day to day basis. You will help provide emotional support to both our patients and the people that are close to them, assist in providing management behaviour techniques and deliver the best care possible to our patients who have significant pain and pain associated disabilities

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.