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SWISH Healthcare Support Worker (Band 3)

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

SWISH (Somerset Wide Integrated Sexual Health Services) is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Support Worker to join our team at Millstream House, Taunton, and Bridgwater Community Hospital.

If you have experience in care and are looking for your next opportunity, we would love to hear from you!

Being a driver with access to your own car is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide support to patients and carers under qualified professionals' guidance.
  • Execute delegated clinical and therapeutic tasks as part of a multi-professional nursing care program.
  • Conduct asymptomatic clinics and ensure responsible patient care.
  • Administer vaccinations as directed by qualified professionals.
  • Manage work-based administration duties efficiently.
  • Flexibility to work varied hours across community hub and spokes countywide, including evenings and weekends.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Date posted

05 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

184-EA5873958

Job locations

Taunton, Millstream House and Bridgwater CH

Taunton and Bridgwater

TA1 4AS


Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed outline of the role and main responsibilities, please see job description attached.

Informal visits/chat welcome! Please contact on the details below to arrange.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed outline of the role and main responsibilities, please see job description attached.

Informal visits/chat welcome! Please contact on the details below to arrange.

Person Specification

ESSENTIAL

Essential

  • car driver
  • experience of working in health care

Desirable

  • NVQ 2/3
Person Specification

ESSENTIAL

Essential

  • car driver
  • experience of working in health care

Desirable

  • NVQ 2/3

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.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Taunton, Millstream House and Bridgwater CH

Taunton and Bridgwater

TA1 4AS


Employer's website

https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Taunton, Millstream House and Bridgwater CH

Taunton and Bridgwater

TA1 4AS


Employer's website

https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Nurse Lead

Jacqueline Winn

jacqueline.winn@somersetft.nhs.uk

07795020017

Date posted

05 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

184-EA5873958

Job locations

Taunton, Millstream House and Bridgwater CH

Taunton and Bridgwater

TA1 4AS


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