Health Care Support Worker - NEW TO CARE

at  Wye Valley NHS Trust

Health Care Support Worker – Permanent, Band 2 – With the Opportunity to Undertake an Apprenticeship
Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?
This is a fantastic opportunity for health care support workers to develop a career in the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available across the Trust to applicants without previous health care experience, who are wanting to develop a career in health care.
This is a great opportunity to gain new skills, experience and knowledge for those who may wish to pursue a future career in nursing.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is also able to provide band 2 to band 3 career development and pay progression opportunities, subject to experience and competencies achieved.
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As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES NEEDED:

Caring and kind
Cheerful and friendly
Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
Able to follow direct instructions
Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
Have good listening and communication skills
Be well organised
Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship you will be a fully trained Health Care Assistant, having completed either a Level 2 , (12 -18 months) Level 3 Apprenticeship( 18- 24 months), and be able to apply for further developmental roles across the Trust

Washing and dressing patients
Serving meals and feeding patients
Helping patients to move around
Making beds
Talking to patients and their families
Monitoring patient condition