NHS Reservist - Band 2

Job summary

Join the NHS Reservists with flexibility to fit around work and family life.

Vacancies for Boston.

Commit just 32 days a year to be part of something amazing.

A reservist is an individual employed by a lead organisation or NHS trust under a specific contract which commits them to supporting the system for a number of days per year or under particular circumstances. Reservists provide employers with a flexible but reliable workforce, while having the opportunity to learn new skills, refine their knowledge and provide fulfilling care. Each Reservist pool will comprise of professional registrants and unregistered health and social care professionals and support workers.

Using reservists is a flexible but commitment-based approach to staffing, which appeals to a wide variety of individuals. As a result, you may find individuals joining as reservists with extensive or even no experience of health and care. A benefit of using reservists is the opportunity to bring together a community of diverse individuals.

A reservist may be searching for the opportunity to:

• Give back to their community
• Provide support to the system in addition to their usual NHS role
• Maintain their registration
• Experience the NHS and roles in health and care
• Stay connected to their NHS community

Applications are invited from candidates who have excellent organisation and communication skills and an ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

NHS Reservist - Patient Liaison Assistant

NHS Reservist - General Porter

NHS Reservist - Housekeeping Assistant

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.