Healthcare Support Worker

The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Health Care Support Workers across Surgical, Medical and Assessment Units. We offer full and part‑time roles with shifts covering days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

You should have completed an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent and be dedicated to delivering compassionate, patient‑centred care 24/7, including IT documentation and basic clinical observations.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Care experience in health or social care setting.
• Willingness to undertake competencies with clinical skills training and education.
• IT/documentation skills for patient records and observations.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care to patients and families.
• Support patients with washing, dressing, toileting, nutrition, hydration, mobility and comfort.
• Assist with assessments and basic clinical observations/test results as part of overall care.
• Complete relevant documentation using IT systems.

Skills

Effective communicator

Team player

Approachable

Genuine desire to care for people

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Job summary

We have full and part time hours available across the trust including:

• Surgical wards
• Medical Wards
• Assessment Units

Our Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) provide person centred care to our patients. If you are kind, compassionate and you always act in the best interests of others we would like to hear from you. You will be an experienced Health Care Support Worker and have completed an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent. Patients who are being looked after on our wards need care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means most of our posts will have shift patterns that cover days, nights bank holidays and weekends. Where possible we will consider flexible hours and working patterns. If we receive a large amount of applicants then we have the right to close the advert early.

Main duties of the job

You will be an essential part of the nursing team, working under the supervision of Registered Nurses. You will also work alongside other healthcare professionals and support workers to provide a positive experience to our patients and their relatives at times of need. You will need to be the kind of person who puts their patients first and provides the best care possible to every patient every day. You will support patients in various ways including:

• Washing and dressing
• Toileting
• Bed making
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration
• Helping people to mobilise
• Assisting with patients' overall comfort
• Providing encouragement to lifestyle and behaviour changes
• IT skills to complete relevant documentation
• Undertaking assessment and recording of basic patient clinical observations/ test results as part of the overall assessment of a patient.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.

Certificates of Sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility.GOV.UK www.gov.uk

All band 2 roles are not eligible for sponsorship. The trust no longer supports HCSW band 3 roles with sponsorship.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Confidentiality understanding of Information Governance Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety
• Knowledge of clinical patient observations
• Willingness to undertake competencies supported by clinical skills training and education to gain theoretical underpinning knowledge in a range of clinical interventions and use of test equipment e.g. blood glucose monitors, venepuncture, cannulation etc.

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of current healthcare issues

Have you been referred to apply under the Widening Participation Agenda?

Essential

• If so, please provide the name of the organisation that referred you to enable us to validate and track your application

Experience

Essential

• Care experience working in a health or social care setting

Skills and Abilities - Please evidence how your experience meets each of the following:

Essential

• Effective communicator
• Team player
• Approachable
• Genuine desire to care for people

Qualifications

Essential

• Care Certificate obtained by NHS England through E-Learning for Health
• Completion of a clinical skills competency- based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3, or willingness to undertake.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.