Employer: Bradford District Care Trust NHS
Position: Health Care Support Worker
Salary Pay: £24,071 – £25,674 Per Annum Pro Rata
Job Type: Full-time, Part-time
Expected Hour: 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 21st March 2025
Interview Date: 3rd April 2025
Work location: England
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Are you enthusiastic and committed to delivering high-quality compassionate care to people in their own homes, if so then a health care support worker role in community nursing is the ideal job for you.
We have vacancies in the North and Airedale localities of Bradford
As a Health care support worker, you will work as part of the planned care community nursing service delivering care to people living in their own home environment.
We will support you to develop skills that will enable you to carry out a variety of interventions, appropriately delegated by a clinician in the team. You will be given full training in wound care, continence care, and diabetes management including insulin administration, you will also support patients who require support with enteral feeding regimes and medication administration. These are a few examples of the types of skills you will be developing with a comprehensive training package underpinning these skills
The successful candidate will have experience working with patients ideally in the community setting and appropriate NVQ or equivalent qualifications or experience.
As an agile worker, you will need to be able to move around Bradford independently and in a timely manner as you will be visiting patients in their own homes.
To work as part of the Adult Community Nursing Services over a 7-day period.
Ensuring high-quality health care is delivered to patients in their homes as an integrated part of the mainstream Integrated District Nursing service. To work in collaboration with the wider Primary Health Care team, whilst participating in the assessment of health needs and delivering care to the practice population. The service is delivered over a seven-day rota. with a shift range from 8- 9 pm 7 days a week
We have great development opportunities for our Health care support workers supporting apprenticeship programs to undertake pre-registration training to become a registered nurse or Nursing associate.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship set by the Home Office and the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you are currently a visa holder and your visa status expires, we may be required to terminate your employment in compliance with immigration regulations.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.
Right to Work in the UK
Prior to your appointment, you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right-to-work status.
Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust is unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.
As a condition of continuous employment, it is essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly.
Application Process
If you are interested in this job role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!