Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 214-SRG-6242453
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
We are currently looking for a Senior Health Care Support Worker to join our dedicated team on our busy unit. The ward comprises of 19 beds on SAU and a separate area for 5 chairs and 4 trolleys in Surgical SDEC, where we aim to triage patients and discharged the same day.
SAU and Surgical SDEC are very busy units who care for acutely unwell patients from the Emergency Department, GPs clinics and surrounding hospitals. we also have pre and post-operative patients undergoing urgent surgical procedures or investigations.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
- Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 in care
- Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
- Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate” qualification
- NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous care work experience
- Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in a hospital setting
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
- Keela Darby
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623622515
- Additional information
ext 2474
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