Senior Health care Support Worker

Job summary

Senior Health Care Support Worker

The successful applicant will be able to do physiological observations on all age ranges, they will also be able to utilise extended skills such as plastering and venepuncture in a busy Urgent Treatment Centre located at John Coupland Hospital.

Experience of working in an Urgent Treatment Centre is desirable

Main duties of the job

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is a vibrant and creative organisation which provides a diverse range of clinical services across Lincolnshire. We pride ourselves in putting 'Patients First' and are seeking enthusiastic individuals who share these values.

We have a 24 hour vacancy for a Senior Health Care Support Workers at Gainsborough Urgent Treatment Centre and are looking for an individual who is an excellent team worker and is self motivated. They will have a good general education, Care certificate or equivalent, NVQ level 3 or happy to work toward. They would ideally have System One knowledge and have current Urgent / Emergency Care experience with some extended clinical skills.

If you are an enthusiastic person who would like to work within a supportive urgent care service developing different competencies and skills we would like to hear from you.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev