Community Support Worker Hospital@Home

Wye Valley; Hereford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking motivated Band 3 Healthcare Support Workers to join the Hospital at Home team in Herefordshire.

You will support nursing staff delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients in their homes, covering day and night shifts, weekends, and bank holidays as needed. A valid driving licence and access to a car are essential.

Qualifications

• Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.
• Understanding and compliance with CSW induction standards and code of conduct.
• Awareness of infection control, Health and Safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified nursing staff in patient care duties.
• Undertake delegated nursing tasks as trained (e.g., cannulation, taking blood/urine samples).
• Provide planned patient care and support with medications as required.
• Maintain observations and contribute to care planning.

Skills

Driving licence

Car required for work

Flexibility to shift work

Competence training

Education

Care Certificate or equivalent

Job description

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Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients in the comfort of their own homes?

We have a number of full time and part time Community Support Worker Hospital@Home opportunities available

Please note: Wye Valley NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for these roles. Dependant visas requirement: minimum of 12 months remaining prior to expiry.

Our Hospital at Home service, part of the Unplanned Care Directorate, is expanding in line with the national vision to move appropriate care from acute settings into the community. We provide personalised, proactive care closer to home, enabling patients to receive appropriate acute-level care in their own homes.

Hospital at Home is a 24/7 service providing safe, responsive and high-quality care.

We are looking for motivated, compassionate individuals to join our Herefordshire Hospital at Home Team as Band 3 Healthcare Support Workers.

Staff will work shift patterns, including day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays, in line with service needs.

If we receive a large volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Main duties of the job

• Assist qualified Nursing staff in a range of patient care duties.
• To undertake a range of delegated nursing tasks, including cannulation and taking blood or urine samples, carrying out basic wound assessments and applying simple dressings, taking routine observations and supporting clients with medication.
• To provide planned patient care.
• Requirements:
• A valid, in-date driving licence
• Access to a car for work
• Flexibility to work day and night shifts
• Commitment to completing relevant competencies and training

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.

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.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your 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 view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Understands and complies with CSW mandatory induction standards and code of conduct.
• Awareness, understanding and compliance of policies and practices e.g. Escort Policy, Prevention and control of infection and Health and Safety. The post holder is therefore able to work within the scope of their practice under direct and indirect supervision by the registered nurse (training will be provided).
• Can demonstrate knowledge of equipment used within the department to support the registered nurse and ensure that they are compatible and in good working order. Will elevate any concerns to a registered nurse.
• Completion and maintenance of statutory & mandatory learning activities.

Experience

• Can demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activities.
• Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.

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.