North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Healthcare Support Worker

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Job summary

Health Care Support Worker - Band 3 - Full Time 37.5 Hours per Week - Summerview Rehab Unit

We are seeking to recruit a positive, motivated, and compassionate Health Care Support Worker who is committed to the principles of recovery, to work as part of the multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team based at Summerview Rehabilitation Unit.

This exciting opportunity will enable the successful candidate to gain experience of supporting people to develop, retain or regain independent living skills.

Main duties of the job

To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users.

To promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of service-users, and to assist them in re-establishing their place in the community, as appropriate.

To assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/ implementation and evaluation of individualized care plans.

To provide support and day-to-day supervision to junior staff members, demonstrating the Health Care Support Worker role and role modelling good practice.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

Date posted

14 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-SPL-7900302

Job locations

Summersview Rehabilitation Unit

Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 5UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.Communicates with service-users and carers, all members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff in external agencies using a variety of methods including Information Technology.

2.Regularly reports and effectively communicates service-users health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Health Professional staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. (query blending the above two first is about patients/public, second is healthcare staff)

3.Relates appropriately with service-users, carers, colleagues and others at all times maintaining professional boundaries.

4.At all times ensures that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.

5.Identifies, minimizes and reports risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.

6.At all times minimizes risks to self and others by undertaking safe working practices.

7.At all times works within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.

8.Works with other Trust services to promote seamless service-user person centred care from referral/admission, to transfer and discharge on identified care pathways.

9.Responsible for contribution towards planning and undertaking delivery of planned therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users.