Senior Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

HCSW to work with a wonderful hard working team with a great sense of humour on a very busy Frailty Assessment.

Our patient are assessed and after 12 to 24 ours hours are discharged or admitted to another ward. Many of patients are admitted with different medical conditions so every day is different.

Main duties of the job

Supports patients and their families, through communicating information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding and reporting the outcome to the nurse in charge.

Contributes to the effective communication between members of the multi disciplinary team, taking personal responsibility to share update and share information.

Uses knowledge and experience to deliver routine tasks as agreed with the registered nurse

Uses knowledge and experience to follow agreed policy and procedure

Undertakes a range of predefined procedures, for which specific training has been given under the direction of the registered nurse

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.