Wye Valley NHS Trust
The closing date is 17 June 2024
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Job summary
Health Care Support Worker - Permanent, Band 2 - With the Opportunity to Undertake an Apprenticeship
Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?
This is a fantastic opportunity for health care support workers to develop a career in the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available across the Trust to applicants without previous health care experience, who are wanting to develop a career in health care.
This is a great opportunity to gain new skills, experience and knowledge for those who may wish to pursue a future career in nursing.
HCSW Payrates:
- Weekday Monday - Friday = £11.44 per hour
- Nights/Saturday = £16.14 (includes additional unsocial hours payment)
- Sunday/Bank Holiday = £20.94 (includes additional unsocial hours payment).
Wye Valley NHS Trust is also able to provide band 2 to band 3 career development and pay progression opportunities, subject to experience and competencies achieved.
To find out more about becoming a HCSW Click here
**SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES INVITED TO INTERVIEW ON 27-06-2024**
Main duties of the job
As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.
Examples of what you may do as part of your role:
- Washing and dressing patients
- Serving meals and feeding patients
- Helping patients to move around
- Making beds
- Talking to patients and their families
- Monitoring patient condition
Skills and personal attributes needed:
- Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Have good listening and communication skills
- Be well organised
Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.
About us
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 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 family and friends.
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 county 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.
Russell 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 of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Date posted
04 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year Per Annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
229-COR-4208403
Job locations
Hereford
Stonebow Rd
Hereford,
HR1 2ER
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship you will be a fully trained Health Care Assistant, having completed either a Level 2 , (12 -18 months) Level 3 Apprenticeship( 18- 24 months), and be able to apply for further developmental roles across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship you will be a fully trained Health Care Assistant, having completed either a Level 2 , (12 -18 months) Level 3 Apprenticeship( 18- 24 months), and be able to apply for further developmental roles across the Trust.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Desirable
- Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
Experience
Essential
- Working with people
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a care enviroment
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information
Other Factors
Essential
- Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions tat may be required
Skills Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
- Keyboard skills
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Desirable
- Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
Experience
Essential
- Working with people
Desirable
- Previous experience working in a care enviroment
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information
Other Factors
Essential
- Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions tat may be required
Skills Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
Desirable
- Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
- Keyboard skills
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
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford
Stonebow Rd
Hereford,
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford
Stonebow Rd
Hereford,
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment and Retention Manager
Charlene Abberley
charlene.abberley@wvt.nhs.uk
01432805853
Date posted
04 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year Per Annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
229-COR-4208403
Job locations
Hereford
Stonebow Rd
Hereford,
HR1 2ER
