Job description
Our Healthcare Support Workers work at the heart of our multidisciplinary teams who support our patients by assisting the Registered Nurses in planning, delivering, and evaluating care.
The roles are varied and busy as you will be working a variety of shifts including long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. We will support you to achieve full training for your core duties including achievement of a National Care Certificate, and we will support your continued development
To be eligible to work as a Healthcare Support Worker Apprentice we expect that you have Level 1 Functional Skills in Numeracy and English or equivalent GCSE levels.
Once you have successfully completed your apprenticeship, you will automatically become a Healthcare Support Worker (band 3). To be eligible for a funded apprenticeship, you must be over the age of 16, a resident in the UK/EU for the last three years and you must not hold a level 3 qualification (or above) or an NVQ Level 2 qualification in the same pathway or subject, e.g. BTEC or GCSE.
You will need to be able to communicate effectively with a broad range of individuals, both verbally and in writing; to share our commitment to maintaining high standards in everything we do; and to demonstrate that you can work effectively within a team that behaves in accordance with our ‘Being Humber’ behavioural framework.
We have vacancies at : -
- Whitby Community Hospital
- Malton Community Hospital
- Scarborough Community Team
- The Humber Centre – Forensic Unit
- Adult Mental Health Community Teams – Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Driffield, Goole, Haltemprice
- Adult Mental Health Inpatient Units (various) – Hull
- Children’s Mental Health Inpatient Unit – Hull
- Community Children’s Services – Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Driffield, Goole, Haltemprice
- Learning Disability Community Teams - Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Driffield, Goole, Haltemprice
- Learning Disability Inpatient Unit – Hull
- Work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
- Assist the Registered Practitioner in the planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
- Participate in the development of self and others.
Interviews will take place on:
- • Tuesday 4thApril
- Thursday 20thApril
- Friday 9thMay
- Thursday 15thJune
- Friday 21stJuly
To find out more about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our website humber.nhs.uk/Services
You will join our team of over 3500 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We’re extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.
We Trust recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification