Care Support Worker

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Rotherham is seeking Care Support Workers to join their dedicated team. The role involves providing personal care, assisting with daily activities, and ensuring the comfort of patients. The position is open to all applicants, even those without prior experience, and offers flexible working hours. Candidates should be compassionate, understanding, and willing to undertake necessary training. This is an excellent opportunity to make a positive impact on patients' lives while working within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to undertake necessary training.
• Experience in care is preferred.
• Understanding of confidentiality and health & safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care including washing and dressing.
• Assist patients with nutrition and hydration.
• Support patients' overall comfort and mobility.

Skills

Team player

Approachable

Resilient

Flexible approach to work

Education

Willingness to undertake the Care Certificate education and training package

Functional skills level 2 Maths & English (if not already qualified)

Job description

Permanent position, Full & part time roles

Our Care Support Workers (CSW) play a vital role in delivering high-quality person-centred care to our patients. If you are kind, compassionate and always act in the best interest of others we would like to hear from you.

You do not need any experience in the care sector, but we ask that you have a realistic understanding of what the job involves. We therefore encourage you to read the attached job description and person specification, we also highly recommend you attend our Taster sessions either online or in person.

Patients who are being looked after on our wards need care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means most of our posts will have shift patterns that cover days, nights, bank holidays and weekends. Where possible we will consider flexible hours and working patterns.

For any queries/further information, please contact:

Rachel Quinn, Education & Development practitioner

[e-mail]

Please note this advert may close earlier if there are a high number of applications submitted

Main duties of the job

You will be an essential part of the nursing team, working under the supervision of Registered Nurses. You will also work alongside other healthcare professionals and support workers to provide a positive experience to our patients and their relatives at times of need.

You will need to be the kind of person who puts their patients first and provides the best care possible to every patient every day.

You will support patients in various ways such as:

• Washing and dressing
• Toileting
• Bedmaking
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration
• Helping people to mobilise
• Assisting with patients' overall comfort
• Providing encouragement to lifestyle and behaviour changes
• IT skills to complete relevant documentation

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for "would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?" and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trust's values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

Certificates of Sponsorship

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake the Care Certificate education and training package
• Willingness to undertake Functional skills level 2 Maths & English if not already qualified at GCSE or equivalent level in Maths & English

Skills & Abilities

• Team player
• Approachable
• Resilient
• Flexible approach to work

Knowledge

• Confidentiality / understanding of Information Governance
• Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety
• Knowledge and understanding of current healthcare issues

Experience

• Experience of Care

Have you been referred to apply under the Widening Participation Agenda?

• If so, please provide the name of the organisation that referred you to enable us to validate and track your application

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.