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Job summary

Main area
Health Care
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Days and night shifts)
Job ref
818-HOS098-QIA2053-B
Employer
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Louth Hospital
Town
Louth
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust logo

Healthcare Support Worker

Band 3

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

 

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

 

We have adopted a vision of "Caring and building a healthier future for all" and three values to show what we stand for, how we want to be known and how we behave. Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

Compassionate

Collaborative

Innovative

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.

 

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

 

REMEMBER - Please ensure you read all information prior to applying for any job roles.  Please note any CV's or covering letters received via email will not be accepted without an online application being completed. Any applications via agency will also not be accepted.

Job overview

Health Care Support Worker – Band 3

Covering Archer Ward 

Opportunity for  full time post.

We are looking for reliable, flexible Health Care Support workers to work within Archer Ward

Please see job description for more details

Main duties of the job

Health Care Support Worker – Band 3

Archer ward is a 20 bedded ward which provides holistic person centred care that enables individuals to increase independence, improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary admissions to secondary Care or long term care. This is achieved through timely interventions, rehabilitation, management of long term and limiting conditions and partnership working across the health and social care community.  

We also have Palliative Care Beds for people at the end of life by providing holistic person countered care which includes symptom management and the provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support.

All staff within the service work in collaboration with the patient, their carer and other statutory and voluntary organisations and agencies.

You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be highly motivated and positive in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high quality service delivery to our patients.

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

“Patients first” are Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust values and it is at the heart of everything that we do. Do you share the same values? Are you a registered nurse who is looking for a new challenge? Then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for.

 Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is a vibrant and creative organisation which provides a diverse range of clinical services across Lincolnshire.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be highly motivated and positive in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high quality service delivery to our patients.

Please see job description for further details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Level 3 in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
  • Experience and/ or knowledge of delivering care or working in a care setting.
  • Minimum Level 2 GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent and possesses a fundamental level of ICT skills.
  • Commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and lifelong learning with the ability and willingness to undertake competency-based training both initially and as ongoing requirement for the post to meet service requirements.
  • Evidence of the Care Certificate or Commitment to achieve on joining the trust.
Desirable criteria
  • Typing/word processing skills or qualification.
  • Evidence of related training
  • Understanding of the Code of Conduct for Health Care Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England

Previous experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working in care evironment
  • Clinical experience in a healthcare setting undertaking a range of delegated clinical tasks supporting patients.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working in a team in a heath care setting.
  • Knowledge and experience of NHS IT systems/applications.
  • Experience of rotational shift patterns, to include days and nights.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of observing, monitoring and recording patient activity and health status
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of the Trust’s Values expressed in the LCHS Way.
  • Working knowledge of Health and Safety, Infection Prevention and Manual Handling

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Timewise-Flex Positive EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesStonewall Health ChampionsArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alice Altoft/ Laura Powell
Job title
Clinical Team Lead
Telephone number
01507307688
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