Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

YOU can make a valuable contribution to high quality patient care......

We are seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants and / or those who have a passion for caring, who would like to join our clinical teams to develop their skills in an acute hospital setting. It would be great if you have previous experience of providing care or evidence of caring experience in a hospitality setting utilising your excellent communication and organisational skills, however even if you are 'new to care', you will be fully trained and full buddy support will be put in place for you.

Main duties of the job

You will join our established Ward Teams, assisting the Nursing and Healthcare Professionals in providing excellent patient care. In return, we can offer you a friendly working environment with on-going support from enthusiastic and dynamic staff who are committed to providing the highest standards of care. To support our teams and 24/7 service, it is important to have a flexible approach to your working patterns.

Hours of work are predominantly full-time, although part-time hours may be considered in line with service needs. All hours are worked on a shift rota basis

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs and beyond.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency and critical care services along with women and children's services, including our maternity services. Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs within our boroughs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work.