Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker

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Job summary

Caring and Compassionate , listening to others without judgement , promoting speak up culture to make difference , able to demonstrate Trust Values in day to day practice, treat service users , their families and staff with respect and kindness.

Closing- 2nd May 2024

Shortlisting- 3rd May 2024

Interview- 13th May 2024

Main duties of the job

- To assist qualified nursing staff in the assessment, delivery and evaluation of care to patients suffering from Mental Illness, who may also present with challenging behaviour, ensuring individual needs are met.

- Under the supervision of registered health care professionals assist the healthcare team with the provision of clinical care.

- Ensure patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by treating all patients, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity and courtesy in accordance with Trust values.

- Ensure that stock of clinical and non clinical resources required on the ward is maintained.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Details

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

453-24-6236722

Job locations

Moorlands View Lynfield Mount Hospital

Heights Lane

Bradford

BD9 6DP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oQCF Level 2 Diploma in Care or equivalent. Equivalent experience will be considered, applicants must be willing to undergo this training.

Desirable

  • oExperience of facilitating therapeutic activities with patients, either in groups or individually. oExperience of working in a supervisory role.

Face to Face Interview

Essential

  • Experience / Compassionate / Kindness /good listener

Desirable

  • working in a care setting or personal experience of caring for loved ones
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oQCF Level 2 Diploma in Care or equivalent. Equivalent experience will be considered, applicants must be willing to undergo this training.

Desirable

  • oExperience of facilitating therapeutic activities with patients, either in groups or individually. oExperience of working in a supervisory role.

Face to Face Interview

Essential

  • Experience / Compassionate / Kindness /good listener

Desirable

  • working in a care setting or personal experience of caring for loved ones

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorlands View Lynfield Mount Hospital

Heights Lane

Bradford

BD9 6DP


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorlands View Lynfield Mount Hospital

Heights Lane

Bradford

BD9 6DP


Employer's website

https://www.bdct.nhs.uk/current-vacancies/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Prashant J Wasnik

prashant.wasnik@bdct.nhs.uk

01274228206

Details

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

453-24-6236722

Job locations

Moorlands View Lynfield Mount Hospital

Heights Lane

Bradford

BD9 6DP


Supporting documents

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