Healthcare Support Worker - Patient Safety Trainee

Job summary

Begin your NHS career with our Patient Safety Support Worker Development (PSSWD) programme, where you will receive all the training, support, and supervision you need to become a Patient Safety Support Worker (PSSW) / Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW).

We have a unique opportunity to learn on the job at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust over a 6-month paid supervised placement programme. Through our programme, you will learn how to reduce the risk of falls, injury and anxiety for patients suffering from dementia as well as how to maintain positive engagement including diversion and reminiscence therapies.

Work towards your Care Certificate whilst receiving weekly pay, paid annual leave and all the other great benefits NHS Professionals offers our bank members. Once you have successfully completed the programme you will be able to work flexibly at any of our partner Trusts.

Pay Rates:

• Days: £9.50
• Saturdays/Nights: £13.40
• Sunday/Bank Hols: £17.39

Main duties of the job

What the programme involves?

During our programme you will work through the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate, learning how to meet the daily living needs of your patients as well as being a part of the NHS healthcare team. This includes supporting Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care, from hygiene to personal and physical comfort.

Typical duties will involve but not limited to:

• Basic falls management
• Diversional techniques e.g. use of Dementia Boxes, Twiddlemuffs
• Reminiscence therapy (photographs, music, memorabilia)
• One-to-one close supervision of vulnerable patients, who are at risk of falling, and/or present challenging behaviours
• Clinical tasks will be determined by the nature of your work and local policy e.g. monitoring the effects of medication.
• Obtain and test samples and other specimens
• Care of wounds
• Check pain levels and requesting pain relieving medication on patients behalf

Please note that we require:

• You must be over the age of 18 before the planned classroom training week.
• You work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme. This is a total of 780 hours over 6 months.
• You have a passion for care and can demonstrate the six enduring values that underpin compassion in practice.
• For this opportunity, candidates do not need any previous healthcare experience. Please ensure your CV is updated.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Benefits of joining the programme

• Career Progression
• Work this week, get paid next week
• Paid annual leave and build holiday allowance
• Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients
• Join the NHS family and become a part of the healthcare team
• Dedicated training and supervised shifts with support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.

About the Trust

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust (SO) provides acute hospital, community-based and specialist services (including spinal, surgical, A&E, maternity, and paediatrics) to people across Southport, Formby, West Lancashire and beyond. Awarded the status of University Clinical Education Centre by the University of Liverpool in recognition ofthe high standard of training, the Trust also offers a wide range of staff benefits including childcare vouchers, term-time working, flexible retirement and more. Excellent transport links mean the vibrant, historic city of Liverpool is only a short journey away and the location is also commutable from Manchester, Salford, Eccles, Bolton, Warrington, St. Helens, Chorley, and Preston.