Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AFC: Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (up until 27th April 2025)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-24-6427725M
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £22,383 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Support Worker - Standish Ward
NHS AFC: Band 2
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Are you considering taking your first step onto the nursing ladder?
We are seeking a Healthcare Support Worker to commence on Standish Ward within in the Division of Medicine.
If you wish to be considered for this position please click apply now to complete an application form. Throughout the application form, and particularly in the supporting information, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the criteria on the person specification.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis up until April 2025 as it has been established to provide cover for maternity leave.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS employees should ideally secure their manager's agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made.
Whilst this post is advertised on a acting/secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Candidates are required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.
Please note this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Your role as a Health Care Support Worker is to support our Nursing teams deliver the best care possible to our patients and contribute to the smooth running of our wards and departments.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Assist patients with the provision of washing, dressing, personal care, beverages and/or meals.
- Assist qualified nursing and medical staff where requested.
- Communicate with all members of the team to maintain a good service provision.
- Ensure that all patients are able to meet their hygiene needs, providing a level of assistance appropriate to the individual.
- Prepare and support the patient appropriately during any activity that is to be undertaken.
- Alert the registered nurse where you notice any changes in the patient’s health and well-being or any possible risks.
- Undertake observations/tasks such as patient temperature, weighing, fluid checks as directed.
- Ensure effective use of material resources/supplies within the ward/unit in consultation with senior staff.
- Assist with the general cleaning and re-stocking of resources where appropriate as well as cleaning and preparing patients beds.
- Contribute to own personal development and take an active part in learning opportunities.
Person specification
Addtional
Essential criteria
- Flexible and able to work on any ward and site within the Trust
- Ability to work internal rotational shifts
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
- Proven ability to be flexible in your approach
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Effective understanding of confidentiality
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills – written and verbal
- Effective Customer Service Skills
- Ability to deal with people from all backgrounds
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to remain calm under pressure
- Proven ability to demonstrate compassion/empathy/help others
- Effective Team Player
- Demonstrable ability to follow instructions
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Effective level of numeracy and literacy skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Lythgoe
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942 822711
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