Care Support Workers

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Doncaster seeks dedicated individuals to assist patients with daily activities and provide exceptional care. The role involves communicating with patients and their families, supporting lifestyle changes, and working alongside healthcare professionals. Candidates must complete the Care Certificate and undergo legal checks. This position offers comprehensive training and various benefits, including an NHS Pension Scheme and health support.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Compassionate and kind personality for patient care.
• Able to communicate effectively with patients and relatives.
• Willingness to complete required training and checks.

Responsibilities

• Assisting patients with toileting and mobilisation.
• Supporting patients' comfort and encouraging lifestyle changes.
• Cleaning and preparing dialysis equipment.

Skills

Compassion

Observant

Good listener

Proactive

Education

Care Certificate qualification

Job description

About the role

We will teach you everything you need to know and all we ask is that you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support our patients by providing exceptional care. You'll not be doing this alone; you will join one of our dynamic and caring teams and work alongside many colleagues, including Healthcare Support workers and registered Nurses.

Key responsibilities

• Assisting patients with toileting, bed making and mobilisation.
• Supporting patients with overall comfort and encouraging lifestyle and behaviour changes.
• Replenishing stock supplies and preparing and cleaning dialysis equipment.
• Communicating sympathetically with patients, distressed relatives and care for very sick patients.

Personal attributes

You should be compassionate, honest, observant, patient, proactive, a good listener and capable of working effectively as part of a team.

Qualifications and training

• Completion of the Care Certificate qualification is required as part of your ongoing training.
• Legal and regulatory checks, including identity verification, DBS and occupational health, will be required.

Working hours

Posts may involve working long days, weekends, bank holidays and Easter and Christmas, including a 24‑hour, 7‑day a week shift pattern (rotational shifts, with enhanced pay for weekends and nights).

Benefits

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers

Equality and diversity

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and positively encourages applications from all sections of the community, particularly under‑represented groups including those with disabilities, ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Application process

All correspondence will be sent via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. By applying for this vacancy you agree to the Erl and ESR IAT checks, DBS check instanced to the candidate, and any required professional registration.