Healthcare Support Worker - Patient Safety Trainee

Job summary

Looking to kickstart a career with the NHS?

Through our 6-month Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) development programme, you can learn on-the-job as a Patient Safety Support Worker (PSSW) with no previous care experience needed.

We have paid and supervised PSSW opportunities at Southport General Hospital and Ormskirk General Hospital. These hospitals are within Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Your role as a PSSW is crucial in ensuring both quality and safety in the clinical setting for vulnerable patients including those with challenging behaviours, dementia or at high risk of falls. Youll work towards your Care Certificate whilst receiving weekly pay and paid annual leave.

Pay Rates:

• Days: £10.42
• Saturdays/Nights: £13.40
• Sunday/Bank Hols: £19.07

Benefits of joining

By joining, you can receive some exciting benefits:

• Career Progression Achieve a Care Certificate and begin your journey with the NHS.
• Weekly pay Work this week, get paid next week.
• Paid annual leave Build holiday allowance.
• Provide patient care Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients.
• Join the NHS family Become part of a healthcare team.
• Dedicated trainingand supervised shifts Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.

Main duties of the job

Typical duties may involve but not limited to:

• To assist patients in performing the daily activities of living in accordance with their plan of care such as personal hygiene, dressing, feeding and toileting.
• Provide 1-1 supervision including of patients who have challenging behaviours, vulnerable and patients at risk of falls (under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse).
• Diversional techniques e.g. use of dementia boxes, twiddlemuffs
• Reminisce therapy (photographs, music, memorabilia)
• Comply with Trust and local policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Infection Prevention and Control.
• Documentation to be accurate of the care provided.

Please note that we require:

You must be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before the planned classroom training week.

You are able to work a minimum of 30 hours weekly, covering a mixture of shifts such as nights, early starts, evenings and weekends.

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.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

About the Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (formerly Southport and Ormskirk Hospital) NHS Trust provide acute hospital, community-based and specialist services (including spinal, surgical, A&E, maternity, and paediatrics) to people across Southport, St. Helens, Formby, West Lancashire and beyond.