Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Ward 14 and Early Pregnancy Unit

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated SeniorHealth Care Support Workerto join our dedicated team onWard 14and theEarly Pregnancy Unit (EPU). This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to efficient and compassionate care across a dynamic and specialised environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver personal care and support to patients across the ward and EPU.
• Prepare and maintain equipment and ensure the clinical area is well-stocked.
• Handle and record patient belongings with care and accuracy.
• Participate in ward-based audits and research activities when required.
• Uphold a personal duty of care in the use of equipment and supplies.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive and forward-thinking environment. If you're passionate about patient care and eager to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.