Job summary
- Main area
- Support Worker
- Grade
- Band 2 Healthcare Assistant
- Contract
- Permanent: Part time or Full time
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-6350334-OPS-A
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops Castle Community Hospital
- Town
- Bishops Castle
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant - Bishops Castle Community Hospital
Band 2 Healthcare Assistant
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
Bishops Castle Community Hospital has a 16-bedded ward which offers a modern, light airy and well-equipped amenity, that supports patients for rehabilitation and essential end of life care in an Award-winning Kings Fund suite. The site has ample free parking, and the hospital is passionately supported by the local community.
We are looking for experienced Healthcare Assistants with evidence of with excellent communication and organisational skills.
The dedicated friendly staff offer a wealth of knowledge and experience and are devoted about ‘getting it right’ for the patients during their hospital journey. You will be working within a busy ward environment with the opportunity to further develop your skills and enhance your knowledge.
We offer a flexible working pattern to help support you with your commitments outside of work. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applications around less than full time/flexible working.
Bishops Castle is a unique market town in Southwest Shropshire surrounded by an area of outstanding beauty, where you will be spoilt with spectacular views and local walks such as the Kerry Ridgeway and Offa’s Dyke path. This self-contained town has everything you would need. This quirky medieval historic place hosts annual community led festivals such as music, arts, carnival, and Michaelmas Fair.
Main duties of the job
A Healthcare Assistant is a core member of the team delivering personal care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate care.
To provide holistic and person-centred care and support community patients in an acute setting.
To carry out a range of non-clinical healthcare tasks, under the direct supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. Provide compassionate care, to agreed quality standards and in accordance with Trust values.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Level C+ in English and Maths or Level 2 functional skills in English and Maths or willingness to work towards this.
- NVQ Level 2 in Health Care or willingness to work towards gaining this qualification.
- Care Certificate or willingness to work towards this.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Awareness of accountability issues e.g., confidentiality.
- Awareness of the role of the Healthcare Support Worker.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the role of the health care assistant role in context, including phlebotomy
- Good interpersonal skills (written and oral).
- EKnowledge of situations and circumstances that can impact on patient safety and demonstrate understanding of how the healthcare support worker contributes to maintaining patient safety.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Houghton
- Job title
- Senior Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01588 638220
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