Bank Dementia Enhanced Healthcare Support Worker Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blue Sky Marketing; Winchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for passionate Bank Healthcare Support Workers to join their Dementia Team. This role offers flexible working hours to help balance your home and work life, with opportunities to make a significant impact on the lives of Dementia patients. You will be part of a dedicated team, providing essential care and support while enhancing your professional skills. With competitive pay rates and numerous benefits, this position is ideal for those seeking to broaden their career horizons in a supportive environment. If you have the experience and enthusiasm to make a difference, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free paid mandatory training

Choice of monthly or weekly pay

Unsocial hours enhancements

NHS Pension Scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience in Dementia Care within a care setting.
• Excellent communication skills for complex and sensitive situations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver person centred care and support to patients living with Dementia.
• Provide physical and emotional support to patients and their families.

Skills

Dementia Care

Communication Skills

Person Centred Care

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust aims to ensure that all wards and departments are always adequately staffed, by providing a pool of experienced and passionate Bank Healthcare Support Workers to support our provision of optimal care, specifically for our Dementia Patients.

We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to work Bank shifts alongside the Admiral Nurse led Dementia Team within Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

After a qualifying period, our Bank Dementia Team offers extremely flexible working hours to accommodate a balanced home/work schedule - with a range of earlies, lates, twilights, nights and school hours - 7 days a week.

The individual, in their application, must be able to evidence and demonstrate previous experience of Dementia Care within a care setting, for a minimum of 12 months. You will have excellent communication skills to establish and maintain effective communications relating to complex, sensitive and potentially stressful situations on a regular basis.

You will be dynamic in your approach to delivering person centred care, offering physical and emotional support to patients living with Dementia and supporting their family and carers.

Please note that we do not offer Sponsorship for this role and kindly do not re-apply if you have applied within the last 3 months.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country. We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

Joining our Bank as a Healthcare Support Worker could be your main source of income, or an additional role. We can offer the opportunity to broaden career horizons and work with a committed team. In return, we offer competitive pay rates and the eligibility of many benefits as our permanent staff members, including:

1. Free paid for mandatory training/Trust Induction
2. Choice of either monthly or weekly pay
3. Unsocial hours enhancements (where applicable)
4. Ability to join our NHS Pension Scheme

Our Trust uses electronic rostering, which, if it suits you provides the freedom to view and book shifts online - via PC, Smartphone or tablet - from the comfort of your home.

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025.