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Job summary

Main area
Elective Surgical
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (• Full time)
Job ref
229-COR-5680160
Employer
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hereford
Town
Hereford,
Salary
£22,383 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

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Wye Valley NHS Trust logo

***Health Care Support Worker RECRUITMENT EVENT***

Band 2

Job overview

***Health Care Support Worker – RECRUITMENT EVENT***

 

We are hosting a Health Care Support Worker Recruitment Event on the 10th of May from 2pm-4pm. Hosted at the Education Centre on the back of the Hereford County Hospital Site.

There will be representatives from across the trust, including from; ITU, Community, Medical and Surgical Division.

Register your attendance today by applying online through this vacancy, there is also the opportunity for interviews on the day (Subject to availability of Recruiting Managers)

Whether you are new to care or already have relevant experience, we still want to meet with you! This is a great opportunity to learn about the role, find out about any current vacancies vacancies we have, and speak with Clinical Professionals.

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

This is a fantastic opportunity for health care support workers to develop  a career in the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker at Wye Valley NHS Trust.  

We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available across the Trust to applicants  without previous health care experience,  who are wanting to develop a career in health care.  

This is a great opportunity to gain new skills, experience and knowledge for those who may wish to pursue a future career in nursing.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

Examples of what you may do as part of your role:

  • Washing and dressing patients
  • Serving meals and feeding patients
  • Helping patients to move around
  • Making beds
  • Talking to patients and their families
  • Monitoring patient condition

Skills and personal attributes needed:

  • Caring and kind
  • Cheerful and friendly
  • Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
  • Able to follow direct instructions
  • Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
  • Have good listening and communication skills
  • Be well organised

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

HCSW Payrates:

  • Weekday Monday – Friday = £11.45 per hour 
  • Nights/Saturday = £16.14 (includes additional unsocial hours payment)
  • Sunday/Bank Holiday = £20.95 (includes additional unsocial hours payment).

Wye Valley NHS Trust is also able to provide band 2 to band 3 career development and pay progression opportunities, subject to experience and competencies achieved. 

To find out more about becoming a HCSW Click here

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to undertake the Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications
  • Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
  • Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of administrative and demonstrable organisation skills
  • Keyboard skills
  • Ability to perform patient observations and recordings

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with people

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employercorporate covenantNHS Rainbow badge

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charlene Abberley
Job title
Recruitment and Retention Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01432 383464