Community Support Worker Hospital@Home

Wye Valley NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 May 2025

Job summary

***Potential Band 2 development opportunity to progress to a Band 3***

''Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

This is a fantastic opportunity for support workers to develop a career in the NHS as a band 3 Health Care Support Worker in the community.

WVT are also providing the opportunity for band 2 to band 3 career development and pay progression opportunities, subject to experience and competencies achieved. If at interview you are offered a band 2 position we will support you through the progression route to become a band 3 on completion of competencies

You will be given the opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge required to become competent in supporting patients across community settings.''

To provide effective individualised patient care as delegated by the Hospital@Home Nursing Team.

To facilitate multidisciplinary patient centred care. To maintain the safety, dignity and well-being of people in your care at all times.

Main duties of the job

Assist qualified Nursing staff in a range of patient care duties.
To undertake a range of delegated nursing tasks, including cannulation and taking blood or urine samples, carrying out basic wound assessments and applying simple dressings, taking routine observations and supporting clients with medication.
To record patient information.
To provide planned patient care.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-IC-4703165-AA

Job locations

Hospital@Home Vaughan Building

Ruckhall Lane

Hereford

HR2 9RP

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Understands and complies with CSW mandatory induction standards and code of conduct.
Awareness, understanding and compliance of policies and practices e.g. Escort Policy, Prevention and control of infection and Health and Safety. The post holder is therefore able to work within the scope of their practice under direct and indirect supervision by the registered nurse (training will be provided).
Can demonstrate knowledge of equipment used within the department to support the registered nurse and ensure that they are compatible and in good working order. Will escalate any concerns to a registered nurse.
Completion and maintenance of statutory & mandatory learning activities.

Experience

Essential

Can demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activities.
Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Understands and complies with CSW mandatory induction standards and code of conduct.
Awareness, understanding and compliance of policies and practices e.g. Escort Policy, Prevention and control of infection and Health and Safety. The post holder is therefore able to work within the scope of their practice under direct and indirect supervision by the registered nurse (training will be provided).
Can demonstrate knowledge of equipment used within the department to support the registered nurse and ensure that they are compatible and in good working order. Will escalate any concerns to a registered nurse.
Completion and maintenance of statutory & mandatory learning activities.

Experience

Essential

Can demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activities.
Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT 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.