Job summary
Health Care Support Worker required for Sleaford Continuity Team
Hours - Up to 37.5 hours/week
We are looking for an enthusiastic, kind and pragmatic Health Care Support Worker to join and support our team in Sleaford, providing care to antenatal and postnatal patients.
Main duties of the job
Duties are mainly of a clerical/admin nature in supporting the Sleaford Cocos Midwifery team in running a safe and excellent service, which provides gold-standard care to the families of within our areas.
The appointed candidate will be able to demonstrate good communication skills, both verbal and written, an ability to work flexibly, be able and willing to undertake new tasks, as the role develops, and will have previous experience in a health care environment.
The suitable candidate will be able to prioritise tasks, to work effectively both within a team and on their own, with minimal supervision.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding the job role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
PLEASE NOTE THE JOB DESCRIPTION REFERS TO A ROLE BASED WITHIN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS A COMMUNITY BASED ROLE, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY ADMINISTRATIVE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding the job role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
PLEASE NOTE THE JOB DESCRIPTION REFERS TO A ROLE BASED WITHIN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, THIS IS A COMMUNITY BASED ROLE, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY ADMINISTRATIVE.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy & numeracy qualifications equivalent at GCSE grades A*-C, or functional skills level 2
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 Health Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Recent working within a customer care environment
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Able to use initiative and prioritise workload
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
Desirable
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good telephone manner and customer care
- Knowledge of importance in health and safety issues.
- Be prepared to undertake further training as service requires
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Literacy & numeracy qualifications equivalent at GCSE grades A*-C, or functional skills level 2
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 Health Care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Recent working within a customer care environment
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good written & verbal communication skills
- Able to use initiative and prioritise workload
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
Desirable
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good telephone manner and customer care
- Knowledge of importance in health and safety issues.
- Be prepared to undertake further training as service requires
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
