Healthcare Support Worker
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you motivated and consistently deliver excellent standards of patient care? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, we would love to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Support Worker's to join Nightingale Ward and the new Paediatric Assessment Unit which has recently opened. Nightingale is a very busy Children's Ward looking after Children aged 0-16 years old. Working with children and families preferably within a health care setting would be advantageous.
This post will require Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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The main duty of a Health care support worker is to assist the qualified nursing staff in meeting the identified needs of each patient, in a safe and competent manner.
The Healthcare Support Worker, with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team, will provide a quality service and ensure the highest possible Standards of care are maintained at all times.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. Chesterfield is home to the famous Crooked Spire Church and is close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, which offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles. We are the only acute hospital in North Derbyshire and serve a population of around 400,000 people, with a workforce of around 5000 staff and is rated “Good” by the CQC.
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
If you are looking to develop your career and you are an enthusiastic, motivated compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and our service users with respect and seeks to provide a high-quality service then we would love to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description & person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this position.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.