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Looking to kickstart a career with the NHS?

You can, through our Healthcare Support Worker Development (HCSWD) programme. Working in healthcare is more than just a job, it’s a passion.

Acting as your entry point into the NHS, you will receive the training, support, and supervision you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) or more commonly known as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA).

Achieve this all whilst receiving weekly pay, paid annual leave and all the other great benefits NHS Professionals offers our bank members. Once you have successfully completed the programme you will be able to work flexibly at any of our partner Trusts or explore the employment or clinical apprenticeship options in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Pay Rates:

• Days: £12.02
• Saturdays/Nights: £16.71
• Sunday/Bank Hols: £21.52

Payrates during Placement currently under review.

About the Trust

We have a unique opportunity to learn on the job at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Upton Hospital - Slough). Depending on your skills and experience, you will join a 6-month paid supervised placement programme on one of the community inpatient units.

The community inpatient units are for people who are assessed as being ready to leave acute hospital care. Basic nursing care is provided on the units together with the required therapy, and the aim is to support patients to manage their own health conditions and look after themselves so they can return to their own homes. The Healthcare Assistants play a vital role in supporting the registered staff in the running of the unit and providing direct care to patients. Every member of the trust is committed to providing the very best care possible in order to transform the lives of patients.

Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places them as one of the best performing Trusts in the country. They aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: their people, their patients, their families, and their carers.

Berkshire Healthcare’s vision is to provide the best care in the right place; developing and delivering excellent services in local communities with people and their families to improve their health, well-being and independence. They pride themselves in recruiting staff who display their values and the right behaviours and work hard to create a culture which respects all of our staff for the unique contribution they make ensuring high quality care is delivered. Their values are:

• Caring for and about you is their top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

What the programme involves…

During our programme you will work through the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate, learning how to meet the daily living needs of your patients as well as being a part of the NHS healthcare team. This includes supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care, from hygiene to personal and physical comfort.

Benefits of joining

By joining, you can receive some exciting benefits:

• Career Progression – Achieve a Care Certificate and begin your journey with the NHS.
• Weekly pay – Work this week, get paid next week.
• Paid annual leave – Build holiday allowance.
• Provide patient care – Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients.
• Join the NHS family – Become part of a healthcare team.
• Dedicated training and supervised shifts – Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.

Typical duties will involve but not limited to:

• Assisting registered nurses in delivering safe and effective care to patients
• Maintaining a safe care environment on the unit with reference to infection control and the safety and welfare of patients, visitors and other staff
• Involving and encouraging the patients family and friends to be actively involved in the caring process
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with good interpersonal and customer care skills, and a tactful and empathetic approach
• Recognising, reviewing and reporting any changes to patients conditions
• Prioritising care and attention required by patients
• Ensuring patient confidentiality is always maintained

Who we are looking for…

For this opportunity, candidates do not need any previous healthcare experience.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin ‘compassion in practice’. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.

Please note that we require:

• You must be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before the planned classroom training week.
• You work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme. This is a total of 780 hours over 6 months

What’s next?

• Attendance of Assessment Day – Planned for 19th September 2023
• Attendance of FREE classroom training – Planned for 17th - 19th October 2023 (Tuesday to Thursday)
• Attend an Induction week (37.5 hours supervised placement) – Planned for October 2023

After the programme

As your first step in healthcare with the NHS, this could provide you a number of opportunities after completion, and Berkshire Healthcare will work with you to identify your short- and long-term career goals, and the various opportunities available for you to fulfil your potential.

Apply

Apply to the HCSWD programme today and if successful, you will be placed onto a 6 months full time placement.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.