Care Support Worker - Flexible Workers

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Care Support Worker -Flexible Worker

Trust Location:Lister,East and North Hertfordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Pay Rates:£10-£19 Per hour.

Hours: Flexible

About the Trust:

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust works across hospital sites, providing a full range of services, including specialist care in urology, renal medicine, cancer, plastic surgery and ophthalmology. Hertfordshire has the best of both worlds, surrounded by beautiful countryside but with good road and rail links to both London and Cambridge, as well as comprehensive bus services across the main towns, including to and from all the Trust sites.

As a member, you will have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates- Work this week, get paid next week.
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- Access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone.
• Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days Call us anytime.
• Multi-locational - Work across neighboring Trusts
• First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust- Access before they are made available to agency.
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle-Access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements.
• Training and development opportunities
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work.
• Stakeholder pension scheme available.

What you will be responsible for:

• Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, and weight.
• Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse.

• Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing.
• Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialize in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 6 months Acute HCSW UK (Private, NHS or Armed Forces) hospital/hospice experience within the last 2 years

Qualifications

Desirable

• Currently studying General/Adult Nursing (Student Nurse) and completed a minimum of 12 weeks clinical placements.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

The North Herts Nhs Trust

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

Hertfordshire

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)