Healthcare Assistant - Bed Based Services

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you interested in becoming a substantive (permanent) Healthcare Support Worker at Mid-Cheshire Hospital Trust?
We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering high standards of nursing care to ensure a positive patient experience. You need to be compassionate and caring and also need to have excellent communication skills and be prepared to work in a busy and sometimes challenging environment which will be in turn be rewarding and exciting.
We have ward based Healthcare Support Worker full and part time roles available across the Trust. You are required to have a flexible approach to work, as you will be required to work, both day and night shifts, which will include Bank Holidays and weekend working.
Experience would be preferable due to the fast pace of the role, however training could be provided for the right applicant who shows the quality and skills required for patient care in a rewarding yet challenging environment.
We operate a 12 hour shift system, covering 7 days a week and rotate on days and nights. Shift times are 7:30am - 8pm, and 7:30pm to 8am.
For anyone looking for sponsorship please refer to the Government guidelines on the link below before applying for the role.
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Please note that recruitment for this role will follow the process below:
Friday 13th September - Assessment Centre at Infinity House (if you are shortlisted for this role you will need to be available to attend in person on this date. No remote/teams assessments will be available due to the face-to-face nature of the role.
Week commencing 23rd September - Interviews to take place for successful candidates. Again you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.
If you currently work for the MCHFT as a Bank Healthcare Support Worker and are looking to switch to a substantive post, please note the working hours required ie. covering 7 days a week and rotating on days and nights. Shift times are 7:30am - 8pm, and 7:30pm to 8am. Please note that y ou do not need to apply through this route. Please email caron.flood@mcht.nhs.uk expressing your interest.
Opportunities have arisen for permanent Band 2 Healthcare Support Workers to join an exceptional team of multidisciplinary staff who will work together under the direction of the Ward Managers.
These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:
Helping patients to wash or shower and dress
Serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat
Making and changing beds
Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores
Talking with patients to help them feel less lonely or anxious
Helping patients with mobility problems to move around
Giving out and collecting bedpans
Helping patients to the toilet
It’s really important to consider that some aspects of healthcare work can be challenging. You will be expected to help patients with personal care and deal with highly emotive circumstances. You will need to be able to communicate sympathetically with patients, and distressed relatives, and care for patients who are very sick.
MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest

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