Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Health Care Support Worker - Ward 42

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Job summary

Ward 42 at King's Mill Hospital is actively seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join our bustling ward. Our ward provides healthcare for the elderly and accommodates 24 patients in a combination of bays and en suite rooms, providing a dynamic environment that ensures a diverse and rewarding experience.

Ward 42 is home to a well-established medical team and ward-based multidisciplinary staff who work collaboratively to deliver patient-centered care. Our nursing team is known for its friendliness, support, and commitment to sharing skills and knowledge with new and junior staff members. We pride ourselves on offering an excellent clinical area with numerous opportunities for professional growth.

Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7229230-A

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate good communication skills and understanding of basic requirements for individual patient care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 in care or willingness to work towards.
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above

Desirable

  • "Care Certificate" qualification.

Further Training

Essential

  • Able to attend a 3-day Clinical Induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrate good communication skills and understanding of basic requirements for individual patient care
  • Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect

Desirable

  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 in care or willingness to work towards.
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above

Desirable

  • "Care Certificate" qualification.

Further Training

Essential

  • Able to attend a 3-day Clinical Induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Experience

Essential

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

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential

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

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

Nisha Sunny

nisha.sunny@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

22 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-7229230-A

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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