Healthcare Support Worker - Medicine

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Please note the interview and assessment day will be held on Wednesday 27th November 2024, 09:30 - 12:00. Alternative interview dates cannot be confirmed.
We are recruiting enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Workers to become part of our wider health care team, providing high standards of care to our patients.
You will attend a robust clinical induction program, and comprehensive practical based program, to gain the skills and knowledge to provide quality care to our patients. We will provide you with the tools to gain your care certificate if you have not already completed it.
This vacancy is for positions in medicine. Some departments will involve working across the 3 hospital sites.
We welcome applications for those seeking both full and part-time employment, the minimum contract we can offer is 24.5 hours per week.
The Health Care Support Worker works as part of the ward/department team under the supervision of registered nurse/midwife and:
Participates in the delivery of patient care
Contributes towards ward/department organisation
Support registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment
Complete National Care Certificate
The post is advertised as a Band 3 role subject to the following:
successfully completing the care certification within the six month probationary period of employment, during which you will be paid Band 2
or
providing a copy of your completed care certificate which has been reviewed during the recruitment process and determined as meeting the accepted standard
Upon successful completion (or accepted evidence) of the Care Certification and completion of the probationary period of employment, you will be promoted to NHS AFC Band 3
Failure to complete the Care Certification within this timeframe may result in termination of employment
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ more than 4,000 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a new hospital that will transform healthcare for the people of Harlow and beyond.
The New Princess Alexandra Hospital will be a world-class facility delivering first-rate care for our patients and providing the best place to work for our people.
It will be a hospital for the future; one that will care for many generations to come.
Join us on this exciting journey to bring our new hospital to life. Together, we’re building #OurNewPAH
Work co-operatively as part of the multi-disciplinary team, helping nursing, midwifery and other clinical staff in routine work associated with patient care
Support qualified nurses in the implementation of programmes of care within the limits of the HCSW’s knowledge and competence
Provide comfort, reassurance and support to patients and/or their carers if anxious or distressed
Assist with essential patient care, e.g. making beds, sorting clean linen, etc
Assist patients to become as independent as possible by giving the appropriate level of support as delegated and under supervision
Maintain patients’ personal and oral hygiene, e.g. help with dressing/ undressing, giving bed baths, mouth and skin care, assisting with pressure area care
Escort patients to other department

Please refer the Job description for details