Castleberg Health Care Support Worker (Band 2)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 May 2025

Job summary

The post holder will primarily work as part of an established multidisciplinary team within the Community Hospital. The post will involve assisting the professional multidisciplinary team to provide and deliver quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint a Band 2 Health Care Support Worker who is caring, enthusiastic and motivated to join our established integrated intermediate care team, primarily based at Castleberg Hospital in Giggleswick.

The Intermediate Care Teams have undergone recent developments and have expanded to include Castleberg Hospital. The 2016 CQC report described the Intermediate Care Teams as an outstanding example of community working.

The service at Castleberg provides bed-based intermediate care to support people who are in an acute but stable condition. The service also provides palliative care to people during their last days of life if they cannot be cared for safely in their own home.

The Intermediate Care Team's includes Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Mental Health Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Staff Nurses and Community Support Workers. It is important to be able to work within a multidisciplinary team as well as independently. We utilise the Calderdale competency framework for skill sharing

Applicants must be prepared to work shifts covering 24/7

About us

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

423-7155573

Job locations

Castleberg Community Hospital

Raines Road

Giggleswick, Settle

BD24 0BN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Possess or be willing to work towards the care certificate
Be able to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills required for the post

Desirable

Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care
Functional skills level 1 numeracy

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working in a formal care setting or as an informal carer
Previous experience of dealing with the public

KNowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

Understanding of what 'confidentiality' is and how you put into practice
Good communication skills
Understanding of equality and diversity and how you put it into practice

Desirable

Demonstrate literacy in IT

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Possess or be willing to work towards the care certificate
Be able to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills required for the post

Desirable

Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care
Functional skills level 1 numeracy

Experience

Desirable

Experience of working in a formal care setting or as an informal carer
Previous experience of dealing with the public

KNowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

Understanding of what 'confidentiality' is and how you put into practice
Good communication skills
Understanding of equality and diversity and how you put it into practice

Desirable

Demonstrate literacy in IT

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.