Care Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: - Care Support Worker

Location: - Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Pay Rate: £11 - £20

Hours: - Flexible

About the Trust: -

Rated Good in their most recent CQC report, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust provides a range of services across community hospitals, recovery units and within the wider community. As one of only six Global Digital Exemplars in Mental Health, the Trust is the countys main provider of community nursing, therapy and mental health services. From the outskirts of Birmingham to the edge of the Cotswolds, with excellent road and rail links, Herefordshire and Worcestershire provide opportunities to experience both city and country life.

As a member, youll 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'll 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 specialise 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.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

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

Qualifications

Essential

• You'll have the following qualification/experience:
• Currently studying General/Adult Nursing (Student Nurse) and completed a minimum of 12
• weeks clinical placements.
• *Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Experience

Essential

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

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Tenbury Community Hospital

Worcester Road

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8AP

Employer's website

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