Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker - Ward 42

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Job summary

We are currently looking for Health Care Support Workers to join our dedicated team on our busy respiratory ward.

This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure outstanding patient care. It will involve a mixture of both day shifts and night shifts to meet our staffing needs.

Ward 42 are looking for dedicated Healthcare Support Worker to join their busy respiratory ward at King's Mill Hospital.

Ward 42 consists of 24 beds made up 3 bays and 12 en-suite rooms. You will work alongside an established and excellent Multi Disciplinary team to provide patient centred care.

We have a well-established medical team which we work with daily and ward based multidisciplinary staff to provide the patients with patient centred care.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

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

214-5443925-A

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft Professional

Essential

  • NVQ 2 in care
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement

Desirable

  • "Care Certificate" qualification. NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care

Further Training

Essential

  • Able to attend a 5-day Clinical Induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues

Experience

Essential

  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Previous care work experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
  • Flexible approach
Person Specification

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft Professional

Essential

  • NVQ 2 in care
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement

Desirable

  • "Care Certificate" qualification. NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care

Further Training

Essential

  • Able to attend a 5-day Clinical Induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues

Experience

Essential

  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Previous care work experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
  • Flexible approach

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward leader

Rebecca Armstrong

rebecca.armastrong3@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

23 August 2023

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

214-5443925-A

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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