Care Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Care Support Worker

Trust Location: University Hospital Plymouth NHS Foundation Trust

Pay Rates: £11 to £20

About the Trust:

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust provides comprehensive secondary and tertiary healthcare to people across the south west peninsula. The Trust works within a network of other hospitals to offer a range of specialist services such as kidney transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and neonatal intensive care and high-risk obstetrics. As a regional specialist Teaching Hospital, the Trust also provides comprehensive training and education for a wide range of healthcare professionals.

Located in Plymouth, enjoy an amazing quality of life, with the fantastic location by the sea and the dramatic expanse of Dartmoor National Park as a backdrop. The sheltered waters of Plymouth Sound and adjacent rivers also offer the perfect location for a huge range of water-based activities from sailing, paddleboarding, wakeboarding and more.

As a member, you'll 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 neighbouring 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.

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

Qualifications

Essential

• Student Nurse with at least 12 weeks clinical placements.
• Care Certificate from an NHS Organisation
• QCF Level 2 Diploma in Healthcare Support Services issued after 2011
• QCF Level 2 OR above Diploma in Health & Social Care or Clinical Healthcare Support issued after 2011
• QCF Level 3 OR above Diploma in Healthcare Support or Maternity & Paediatric Support issued after 2011 (For Paediatric & Maternity roles only)
• Degree /Diploma in Nursing and currently do not have an NMC Registration.

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

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Derriford Road

Derriford

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

Employer's website

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