Health Care Support Worker

HCRG Care Group

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Job summary

Join us and be part of our overnight nursing service! Help us shape and develop the service.We have an exciting opportunity for a Grade 3 Healthcare Support Worker or a candidate that would be willing to work towards a Grade 3, to join our team in Devizes, for 20 hours and 30 minutes a week.

Please note we are unable to offer overseas sponsorship for this role.

Here at Wiltshire Health and Care we are very excited to announce the development and expansion of our community services in line with the NHS Long Term Plan and a number of strategic priorities for community health services to transform our out of hospital care. We are boosting the response capacity within the existing community teams to provide a dedicated resource across each of our localities within Wiltshire.

This growth within our services incorporates a consistent 2-hour crisis response element to our community services with appropriate skill mix of staff to support our current services across 12 hours (08:00 to 20:00) 7 days a week. We are also extending our services to provide nursing cover 24/7 in the community by developing an overnight element which will provide a much-needed service to our patients across Wiltshire. Overnight nursing shift times are 20:15 07:45.

If you love working in a community setting and are looking for a new challenge, then as part of our development of community services we are looking for Band 3 Healthcare Support Workers to support our community nursing services.

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.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed 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

17 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,875 to £23,875 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/111228/15045

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Devizes

Wiltshire

SN10 2EY

Job description

Job responsibilities

As aHealth Care Support Worker, youll be part of our valued Overnight Nursing Team.

You will feel valued as aHealth Care Support Workerwithin 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 lifes 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 youre 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

Job description

Job responsibilities

As aHealth Care Support Worker, youll be part of our valued Overnight Nursing Team.

You will feel valued as aHealth Care Support Workerwithin 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 lifes 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 youre 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

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.