Health Care Support Worker - Branston Ward - Band 2

Job summary

Branston Ward, Lincoln County Hospital - Health Care support Worker

24 hours Internal Rotation as ULHT Standardised Shifts

We would like to invite caring individuals to join our Gynaecology Nursing team on Branston Ward. We are a busy ward whom provide elective care for both women undergoing Breast and Gynaecological surgery, and also provide emergency assessment and care for women experiencing early pregnancy complications and Gynaecological disorders. We have 18 inpatient beds and also see a large number of Women as emergencies along with the multi-disciplinary team to implement and plan their ongoing care.

Main duties of the job

Recent experience in an acute healthcare setting is desirable but support will be given to develop the individuals knowledge. Evidence of learning through NVQ or care certificate would be valuable but the Trust will also support this learning qualification.

As well as delivering care to women, supporting the multi-disciplinary team, the role will also include ensuring the environment is kept clean and tidy to a high IPC standard and that resources are used in a cost effective manner.

They will also ensure that the care that they deliver will at all times be reflective of the trusts values and behaviours. The successful candidate will also be required to support the hospital site in other areas when required, to maintain safe staffing levels in all ward/clinic areas.

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.