Health Care Support Worker - BANK
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Stonebow Rd, Hereford, HR1 2ER
Job Summary
- To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
- To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
- To maintain confidentiality at all times.
- To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the policy.
- To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.
For more information please contact Hannah Phillips, Temporary Staffing Manager by email: Hannah.Phillips@wvt.nhs.uk.
Please ensure when completing your application form that your references cover the last 3 years of employment and that they are provided by appropriate referees for example your current line manage.
What can we offer you?
Our Bank Health Care Assistants are invaluable to us and in return for their dedication and commitment, we offer the following benefits:
- Paid induction
- Full access to training
- Flexible hours in a friendly and supportive environment
- Unsociable working hours enhancements
- A variety of work in all clinical areas
- Mandatory training updates and ongoing training
- NHS Pension Schemes
For questions about the job, contact:
Hannah Phillips
Hannah.Phillips@wvt.nhs.uk
03003301366
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£20,270 to £21,318 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Main Duties of the job
You may be looking for a new career or you are already working in healthcare. You'll receive training to join the team as a Healthcare Assistant.
You will be valued and supported, with career development opportunities available. It's a career that you can take pride in while enjoying the satisfaction of helping people and seeing them improve. It's what great healthcare should feel like.
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Do YOU need a better work/life balance? Do you want to keep up your professional skills? Would you like to train and gain experience in new areas? If you are committed to providing the very best care for our patients then we would like to hear from you.
**Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, at a cost off £44.00 of which is payable by the successful candidate**
About Us:
Working for your organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into the parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our friends and family.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt country like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russel Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values - Care , Accountability , Respect and Excellence - are at the heart all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time... all the time.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
- To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
- To report any concerns to the registered nurse relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area.
- To ensure the registered nurse is regularly updated on patients conditions and progress
- To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order
- To ensure the environment is clean and tidy
All NHS workers in England who have face to face contact with patients are encouraged to fully vaccinate against COVID-19. Please carefully consider this requirement when applying for this position.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care
- Demonstrates patient focused approach
Desirable
- Previous Experience in a caring role
- A Minimum Maths and English GCSE Grades 3-9 or grades A,B,C,D or equivalent
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 submissions for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017 , skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearence into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)