Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust
Position: Health Care Support Worker Band 2 progression
Salary Pay: £29,029 per annum
Job Type: Part-time | Full-time
Expected Hours: 23.0hrs
Work location: London, England
Application deadline: 24th March 2025.
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Health Care Support Worker Band 2 progression to Band 3 – Various departments across Whittington Health – Hospital Site
We are looking for enthusiastic, kind compassionate, and motivated individuals to join our hospital teams in delivering a high standard of patient-centered care in our dynamic and friendly units.
As important and vital members of our team, we know that you are often the first person our patients talk with and trust.
We are keen to support you in this role and help you develop. Applicants will be supported on a training program and paid at a Band 2 until their Band 3 competencies are signed off at which point they will be uplifted to a Band 3. You will be supported to achieve this by the HCSW Development team.
You will have the opportunity to undertake the Care Certificate, and we have already had a significant number of candidates who have successfully gained their Care Certificate whilst working with us.
If you are 18 or above and demonstrate empathy and compassion and share our ethos of maintaining patients’ self-respect and dignity, we would be delighted to hear from you.
If you are shortlisted, our recruitment and selection process for all candidates is as follows:
You will be invited to undertake a literacy and numeracy test. If you are successful in passing our literacy and numeracy test you will be invited for an interview. Please note your interview will be on a different day from the literacy and numeracy test
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for full details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, you will find a brief summary of the job description in the ‘Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section.
Post at Band 2 are unfortunately not eligible for a Certificate of Sponsorship
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This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce that is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organization, we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion, and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Values
The post holder will uphold and display Trust values of Innovation, Compassion, Accountable, Respect, Excellence and Equity
Communication
Communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their families/visitors/carers
Provide basic information to patients, family/visitors/carers, and colleagues.
Aware of the importance of accurate documentation and contributing to reports of patients’ activity and progress.
Education and professional development
Understand your own level of responsibility and accountability in relation to trained staff.
Identify your own learning needs and produce a personal development plan in conjunction with the ward sister/charge nurse as part of your annual appraisal
Take part in reflection and appropriate learning from practice, in order to maintain and develop competence and performance.
Risk and governance management
Report any issues at work that may put health, safety, and security at risk.
Summon immediate help for any emergency and take appropriate action to contain it
Understand the principles and practices of Infection Control
Service development
Ensure a welcoming, caring, and safe environment is provided for the patient and their family/visitors/carers.
Aware of and maintains the required standard of care.
Ensure that patient areas are kept clean and tidy.
Comply with Trust/local policies and procedures.
Professional and clinical responsibilities
Assist the patient to be as comfortable as possible, i.e., help with moving and positioning the patient, or mobilizing the patient using appropriate equipment and handling techniques
Involve the patient in shared decision-making and obtain their consent before undertaking nursing procedures.
Support and encourage the patient to meet their own health and well-being needs.
Information management
Able to use IT (Information Technology) at a basic level to input and retrieve information.
Specific Requirements
Candidate to have a flexible approach to shift patterns
Application Process
If you are interested in this job role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!