Job summary
We are holding a recruitment event for Band 3 Health Care Support Workers on 27th February 2023 and we would love to receive your application!
Do you have a passion for healthcare? Are you caring, compassionate and looking for a new challenge?
Whether you are experienced in providing excellent patient care or just starting out, we’ll have a role for you.
About you:
You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic, compassionate and have excellent personal, interpersonal and communication skills. You will be required to have the ability to work within a busy and challenging environment.
Our priority is hiring the person who shares our Trust Values and have the ability to work as part of a dynamic team delivering high-quality care.
You don’t need to have worked in health care before; you may have just finished education, or cared for a family member or maybe your personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant you’ve re-evaluated your life and you’ve decided to change your career. Whatever your situation, your desire is to provide quality patient care.
The Riverside Centre, in Hillingdon, has two adult inpatient wards, Frays Ward (18 bedded acute male Mental Health ward) and Crane Ward (18 bedded acute mental health female ward) and a psychiatric intensive care, Colne Ward unit that provide a safe and therapeutic environment for people with acute mental health problems.
Main duties of the job
The Job
Health Care Support Workers work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting registered healthcare professionals in providing patient’s clinical care, including monitoring, observing, and ensuring personal hygiene standards are maintained or participate to provide a range of therapeutic activities for our patients.
We are dedicated to the ongoing development of our staff; we offer a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional growth including excellent progression through various career pathways.
About us
Here at Central and North West London NHS Trust
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
What we offer
- 27 days’ leave (rising to 29 after 5 and to 33 after 10 years’ service)
- Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities
- Regular ongoing supervision and appraisals with optional coaching available
- Support towards the Continuous Professional Certificate
- Support to complete the Care Certificate
- Generous NHS pension
- Great maternity, paternity and adoption support
- Childcare vouchers
- Wide range of staff networks and initiatives that you can be part of
- Access to meaningful discounts and benefits such as cycle and travelcard loans, salary deduction schemes enabling you to buy a car and hundreds of household items whilst spreading the cost over 12 months.
- Health and wellbeing support
If you would like to find out more about the Trust please visit our social media webpages:
Twitter page:https://twitter.com/CNWLNHS
Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/CNWLNHSFT
Instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/cnwlnhs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job descriptions attached for detailed responsibilities
Band 3 Health Care Support Worker work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 3 Health Care Assistants / Support Workers are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Health Care Assistant role and working closely with Registered Nurses
- contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when implementing care plans
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.
Vaccination: The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job descriptions attached for detailed responsibilities
Band 3 Health Care Support Worker work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 3 Health Care Assistants / Support Workers are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Health Care Assistant role and working closely with Registered Nurses
- contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when implementing care plans
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.
Vaccination: The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy skills required to keep accurate records and administer medicines (if appropriate)
- Spoken and written English, to an appropriate standard to fulfil the job requirements
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with the general public communicating with a range of different people
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment
- Previous experience of working within a customer focused environment
Desirable
- Healthcare/NHS or similar experience in community or hospital settings. Volunteer sector Experience in a caring role
- Previous experience in mental health setting or working with adults suffering from mental health problems
- Basic knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Skills
Essential
- Communication
- IT Skills
- Caring Skills
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Numeracy and Literacy skills required to keep accurate records and administer medicines (if appropriate)
- Spoken and written English, to an appropriate standard to fulfil the job requirements
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with the general public communicating with a range of different people
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced environment
- Previous experience of working within a customer focused environment
Desirable
- Healthcare/NHS or similar experience in community or hospital settings. Volunteer sector Experience in a caring role
- Previous experience in mental health setting or working with adults suffering from mental health problems
- Basic knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Skills
Essential
- Communication
- IT Skills
- Caring Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
