Health Care Support Worker - Ward 2B

Merseywestlancs; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Health Care Assistant (Band 2) to join Ward 2B at Whiston Hospital. The post holder will become part of a dedicated and friendly team, supporting the Registered Nurse to maintain patient dignity and five-star care.

The role requires flexible, enthusiastic individuals with excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within the ward team. Interview date is to be confirmed.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work well as part of the ward team.
• Support the Registered Nurse in delivering five-star patient care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake personal care duties for patients under supervision.
• Record patient personal care information in line with local policies.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care.
• Demonstrate ward routines to new staff as required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

We want talented and enthusiastic people from all backgrounds to join #TeamMWL, with us you can learn, grow and develop yourself and your career, realising your true ambitions and aspirations.

Whatever you’re looking for in your career, you’ll find it here at MWL.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to "name of trust" transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Health Care Assistant on Ward 2B. The new post holder will join our already existing, dedicated and friendly team of staff on Ward 2B at Whiston Hospital.

We are seeking flexible and enthusiastic individual who has excellent communication skills and will be able to work well as part of the ward team.

Your responsibilities will include maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients and supporting the Registered Nurse in delivering five-star patient care

Interview Date- To Be Confirmed

Main duties of the job

The Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) will:

• Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from registered healthcare practitioner. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.
• Record patient’s personal care information in accordance with local and trust policies.
• Work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Trust’s vision and values providing safe, high quality compassionate, person-centred care.
• Demonstrate ward routine to new employees in own work area, where required

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across