Health Care Support Worker - Primrose

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

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Health Care Support Worker to support Nursing and Midwifery teams in providing compassionate patient care. You will assist with daily tasks, including helping patients with washing, dressing, meals, movement, and comfort, while communicating effectively with patients and families.

The role offers a collaborative, supportive environment and opportunities to contribute to high‑quality care across Herefordshire and adjacent areas.

Qualifications

• Washing and dressing patients
• Serving meals and feeding patients
• Helping patients move around
• Making beds
• Talking to patients and their families
• Monitoring patient condition
• Following direct instructions
• Able to work in a team but also use own initiative

Responsibilities

• Care for patients and assist with daily activities
• Provide compassionate and respectful support to patients and families
• Assist with personal care needs including washing and toileting
• Maintain patient comfort and dignity
• Communicate clearly with the care team and document observations

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Listening skills

Job description

As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill 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
• Making beds
• Talking to patients and their families
• Monitoring patient condition
• 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

This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

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. 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.