Job Summary
We are currently recruiting a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker to be part of our team at Pershore Community Hospital, which has an inpatient ward with 26 beds. The candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to achieve specific rehabilitation goals. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills.
Pershore Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to people's homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.
Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.
This is a part-time post working 23 hours per week.
Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist with admitting patients to the ward and the care of their relatives.
2. Undertake clinical procedures following assessment of competencies by qualified senior members of staff.
3. Carry out delegated nursing care.
4. Provide safe and effective care.
5. Identify areas for improvement.
6. Assist patients with attending to the activities of daily living and support the therapy team with the rehabilitation of the patient.
7. Assist patients to sit up or out for breakfast.
8. Serve and prepare meals/breakfast and drinks, helping to assist patients when required. Complete appropriate paperwork i.e., food diaries and fluid balance charts.
9. Assist patients with morning personal care and dressing.
10. Mobilise patients using correct mobility equipment when required/liaise with physiotherapy team.
11. Liaise with nursing staff for information regarding observations, catheters, lab samples, blood sugar monitoring, dressings, and further health checks.
12. Carry out patient weekly assessments which involve weighing, cleaning, and checking mattresses, catheter bag change when required.
13. Restock supplies daily.
14. Assist patients with toileting.
15. Support patients to bed/attach catheter night bags when required.
16. Comply with policies and procedures of the ward.
About Us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer:
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible and agile working opportunities.
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support.
* Wide range of supportive staff networks.
* Health and wellbeing opportunities.
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Date posted: 17 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £23,615 a year pro rata (£12.08 per hour)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: C9798-1281
Job locations: Pershore Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1PS
Job Description
Job responsibilities
1. Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day-to-day basis.
2. Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
3. Use initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
4. Provide safe and effective practice to patients within the Community Hospital.
5. Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing Team to support and work in partnership with the larger multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care within a defined ward/department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Level 2 qualification (e.g., GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Care OR a good standard of general education to GCSE level and will be expected to undertake the relevant Level 2 qualification on appointment to post.
* Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.
Experience
Essential
* Working with adults in a care setting.
Desirable
* Nursing experience within the NHS/Hospital Setting.
* Experience of working in general medicine or rehabilitation.
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Empathetic caring nature.
* Punctual.
* Reliable.
* You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.
Desirable
* Willingness to undertake further training.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
* A flexible and adaptable team member.
Knowledge
Essential
* Basic knowledge of nursing adults and/or training.
Desirable
* Basic IT Skills.
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.
Employer details
Employer name: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address: Pershore Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1PS
Employer's website: https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers #J-18808-Ljbffr