HCRG Care Group

Health Care Support Worker

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Job summary

City Community Team is seeking a part time Health Care Support Worked based at Five Rivers Health and Well being Centre. We provide complex care in the community setting, which includes caring for some very vulnerable people often in extremely challenging environments.

We recognise that we need to deliver care closer to home, with the resources available, and be able to meet local needs.

The role is demanding but rewarding, and we are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking individual who can work flexibly and efficiently.

City Community Team is a busy Team caring for patients registered with a South Wiltshire GP. You will have the opportunity to work alongside other members of the Multidisciplinary Team such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners and other Specialist Practitioners including Consultant Practitioners and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Our Shift patterns are 7-3, 8.30-4.30 and 2-10pm.

If you would like an informal visit or chat about this exciting position, please contact me on the details below. We are a warm and welcoming team.

For any enquiries, please contact Laura Gowen on 07919 546 920 or 01722 326351

Main duties of the job

To implement treatment by following care plan.
To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
To undertake the daily care and support of delegated patients.
Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner.
Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patient receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
Responsibility for the day-to-day care of patients including monitoring.
Support the taking of medication under the authorisation of the qualified practitioner.
To have a good knowledge of infection control, to reduce risk of health care acquired infections.
To enable patients to reach their optimum level of independence.
Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives.
To communicate with individuals about routine and daily activities, this may include overcoming difficulties (e.g. hearing/language).
To ensure the needs and wishes of the individual are documented.
To work within a multi-professional team
To undertake specific tasks as delegated.
To assist registered and junior staff, referring to registered staff when necessary.
To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised patient care in accordance with policy, procedures and regulatory bodys guidelines.
To obtain consent for any treatment undertaken.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,875 to £24,675 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/111228/14973

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP1 3NR

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Health Care Support Worker, you'll be part of our valued City Community Team.

You will feel valued as a Health Care Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

£23,875 (pro rata to hours worked)with access to our group pension
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

The Ideal Candidate

Good general education.
NVQ Level 3 in health care or willingness to achieve.
Experience of working under distanced supervision.
Experience of supporting other workers
Ability to work as a team member.
Delivering patient focused care.
Ability to recognise own limitations.
Typing/data inputting skills.
Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.
Willing to work in other areas of HCRG Care Group as and when required to do so.
Driven to achieve.
Self-motivated.
Good time management
Food Hygiene certificate or willingness to undertake.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Health Care Support Worker, you'll be part of our valued City Community Team.

You will feel valued as a Health Care Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

£23,875 (pro rata to hours worked)with access to our group pension
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

The Ideal Candidate

Good general education.
NVQ Level 3 in health care or willingness to achieve.
Experience of working under distanced supervision.
Experience of supporting other workers
Ability to work as a team member.
Delivering patient focused care.
Ability to recognise own limitations.
Typing/data inputting skills.
Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.
Willing to work in other areas of HCRG Care Group as and when required to do so.
Driven to achieve.
Self-motivated.
Good time management
Food Hygiene certificate or willingness to undertake.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Person Specification

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Desirable

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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.

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP1 3NR

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP1 3NR

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)