Job summary
Impact Starts Here - Help People Regain Independence and Rebuild Their Lives
On Forest Ward, every interaction matters. As a Healthcare Support Worker, youll play a vital role in helping individuals regain strength, rebuild confidence, and return safely to their homes after illness or injury. Working as part of a compassionate multiprofessional team, you will provide essential support, care, and treatment that directly influences each persons journey back to independence. If youre seeking a role where your kindness, teamwork, and practical skills genuinely change lives, this is the place to make that impact.
Main duties of the job
- Support patients with daytoday care, following their individual care plans.
- Help people stay independent, safe, and well in a community setting.
- Work as part of a multiprofessional team to deliver highquality, personcentred care.
- Assist with rehabilitation activities and help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Monitor patients wellbeing and report any changes to registered staff.
- Support patients with medication when authorised by a qualified practitioner.
- Communicate clearly with patients and carers, adapting for language or hearing needs.
- Maintain accurate records of each patients needs, wishes, and progress.
- Follow infectioncontrol procedures and organisational policies at all times.
- Provide compassionate care, including support for terminally ill patients and their families.
- Always obtain patient consent before providing care or treatment.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Healthcare Support Worker, youll be part of our valued team based on Forest Ward at the Swindon Intermediate Care Centre. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £24,486 - £26,155.50 FTE with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
What We're Looking For
- Good general education and willingness to complete NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care if not already achieved.
- Experience working under indirect supervision and supporting colleagues.
- A strong team player with a patient focused approach.
- Awareness of personal limitations and willingness to seek support when needed.
- Basic typing and data entry skills.
- Ability to safely assist with moving and handling patients using appropriate equipment.
- Ability to carry out delegated nursing or therapy tasks.
- A full driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
- Flexibility to work across other HCRG Care Group services when required.
- Self motivated, organised, and driven to achieve high standards.
- Good time management skills.
- Food Hygiene certificate or a willingness to complete training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Healthcare Support Worker, youll be part of our valued team based on Forest Ward at the Swindon Intermediate Care Centre. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £24,486 - £26,155.50 FTE with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
What We're Looking For
- Good general education and willingness to complete NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care if not already achieved.
- Experience working under indirect supervision and supporting colleagues.
- A strong team player with a patient focused approach.
- Awareness of personal limitations and willingness to seek support when needed.
- Basic typing and data entry skills.
- Ability to safely assist with moving and handling patients using appropriate equipment.
- Ability to carry out delegated nursing or therapy tasks.
- A full driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
- Flexibility to work across other HCRG Care Group services when required.
- Self motivated, organised, and driven to achieve high standards.
- Good time management skills.
- Food Hygiene certificate or a willingness to complete training.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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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.
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