Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 28.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 214-SRG-7184941-B
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
Ward 11 at King's Mill Hospital is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Healthcare Support Assistant to join our busy Surgical Ward.
Our ward consists of 24 beds, including 3 bays and 12 en-suite rooms, providing an excellent environment for both patients and staff. As a Healthcare Support Assistant, you will work alongside our established and highly skilled Multi-Disciplinary Team to deliver patient-centred care in a fast-paced, supportive setting.
The ideal candidate will be courteous, helpful and committed to ensuring patients, relatives and visitors receive the highest level of care and attention. You will support fellow team members to create a motivating, stimulating and supportive atmosphere for everyone on the ward.
Main duties of the job
Please see the main duties of the job description where a detailed description of main responsibilities of the role are specified.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the main duties of the job description where a detailed description of main responsibilities of the role are specified.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
- Awareness of Safeguarding issues Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 in care
- Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
- Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate” qualification. NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Able to attend a 6-day Clinical Induction
- Committed to attending further training and development as identified
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous care work experience
- Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a hospital setting
Contractual
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach
- Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael McLean
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
Cathy Judson- ward administator on extension 3518
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