Health Care Support Worker ** INTERVIEW DAY **
Band 2
Job overview
We are hosting a Health Care Support Worker Interview Day on the 8th January 2025.
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.
EVENT DETAILS:
During the event you will have the opportunity to explore the hospital, meet our friendly clinical teams and be assessed for a role with us through an assessment/interview process.
The event will be run on an interview invitation basis ONLY. If you are interested in attending, please submit an application for the event by applying for this vacancy.
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
* Talking to patients and their families
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. 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.
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
To access the full detailed job description and main responsibilities please click on the supporting information linked to this vacancy.
*** PLEASE NOTE ***
Wye Valley NHS Trust is unable to offer sponsorship
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
* A minimum Maths and English GCSE grades 3 – 9 or grades A,B,C,D or equivalent Functional Skills qualifications
* Willingness to undertake the Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications
* Diploma level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
* Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
EXPERIENCE
* Working with people
* Previous experience in a care environment
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
* Acts on own initiative when delivering personal care ensuring HCSW Apprentice escalation through effective communication is maintained.
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
* Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
* Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
* Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within a clinical setting
* Knowledge of administrative and demonstrable organisation skills
* Ability to perform patient observations and recordings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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