Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship (Level 3)

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An Apprenticeship Education Programme is an integrated work based training and development programme, an excellent springboard to start your NHS career while gaining knowledge and competencies leading to a nationally accredited apprenticeship qualification and possible future career progression.

We are looking for enthusiastic people with a professional attitude, excellent communication skills, positive work ethic and good interpersonal skills. You will require willingness to work as a team, demonstrate motivation, be willing to learn and have the minimum required education.

Main duties of the job

To gain relevant work based learning within a Healthcare setting.
To support and assist in the provision of a healthcare service to the designated department/ward team. This will include direct and in-direct patient care under the supervision of a healthcare practitioner.
Become prepared and knowledgeable within the working environment and work towards gaining a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

08 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

21 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6127061LW

Job locations

Northumbria House

7/8 Silver Fox Way

Wallsend

NE27 0QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people.
Carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of registered healthcare practitioners.
Provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence and needs of the department.
After a period of learning within a healthcare environment you will work toward the on-programme requirements of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard.
To maintain high clinical standards in line with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.
To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people.
Carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of registered healthcare practitioners.
Provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always acting within the limits of your competence and needs of the department.
After a period of learning within a healthcare environment you will work toward the on-programme requirements of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard.
To maintain high clinical standards in line with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers.
To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Minimum of 5 GCSE's grade A-C (9-3) must include English and Math's

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Minimum of 5 GCSE's grade A-C (9-3) must include English and Math's

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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