Healthcare Support Worker

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health service provider in Grimsby is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker to assist registered nurses in delivering safe and quality patient care. This role involves supporting patients with daily living tasks, hygiene management, and nutrition. The successful candidate will work under indirect supervision, contributing to a multidisciplinary team focused on enhancing patient outcomes. The position offers flexible working arrangements, promoting work-life balance and supporting the well-being of staff.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Ability to assist in hygiene tasks and pressure area care.
• Support patients with nutrition, hydration, mobility, prevention of falls, and toileting.

Responsibilities

• Assist registered nurse in delivering care to patients.
• Work collaboratively within the clinical area.
• Undertake delegated tasks and duties within job scope.

Job description

Role Overview

The Healthcare Support Worker will assist the registered nurse in the delivery of care to patients within the clinical area. The post holder will work under indirect supervision of the registered nurse and undertake tasks and duties delegated to them, which are within the scope of this job description. They will work collaboratively within the clinical area to meet the needs of patients and their families, following Group policies and procedures.

The Healthcare Support Worker is a valued member of the multidisciplinary team promoting safe and quality care at all times.

Role Details

Band 2 with uplift to band 3 once competencies completed. For no‑experience staff, experienced staff already working at band 3 level will be employed as band 3.

The primary role is to support the registered nurse to deliver safe, high quality patient care by undertaking essential hygiene tasks, pressure area care, support to patients with nutrition, hydration, mobility, prevention of falls and toileting.

About Humber Health Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. It is made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG, and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

Recruitment & Working Life

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise it as a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work‑life balance of colleagues.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Legal and Privacy

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Learn More

To learn more about The Humber Health Partnership and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/.