Clinical Health Care Support Worker - Acute Stroke Unit

Job summary

TheAcute StrokeUnit (ASU) has an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker to join a friendly, supportive and experienced team, and help us to deliver high quality care to stroke patients.

ASU (Acute Stroke Unit)is a busy, energetic place to work and has 30 beds including a hyper acutearea, admitting patients directly from ED & TIA clinic.

The Acute Stroke Unit has been awarded Silver Accreditation and is proud to provide excellent care to patients from admission through to discharge.

Staff adhere to our trust values (Everyone Matters, Making A Difference, Working Together) in all that they do. ASU work with a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team and have a dedicated team of Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and Speech & Language therapists based on the unit.

Main duties of the job

We are expanding our teams of Clinical Healthcare Support Workers within our hospital and we're inviting caring, supportive people to take a look at this exciting opportunity to join us on ASU.

We are looking for people who love helping others and can come to work with a positive attitude and a friendly smile. If that sounds like you, as a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker you will leave at the end of each shift feeling proud of the work you have done to support patientsto feel their best.

Our Clinical Health Care Support Workers are integral to our nursing teams. It takes flexibility, commitment and compassion, but in return we can offer you a rewarding career where you can really make a difference.

If you're passionate and want to make a positive difference to our patients and colleagues every day. We have Clinical Healthcare Support Workers vacancies in the following areas:

• Acute Stroke Unit

No previous healthcare experience is necessary. We provide all the training you need before you start working on one of our wards. You will start on our induction programme to help you settle into the Royal United Hospitals Bath and you will learn the skills you need to do this role and we will start you working towards achieving the Care Certificate (if you do not already hold this qualification).

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.