Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423-6825191
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Health Care Support Worker (Band 3)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Are you a health professional who wants to build a career caring for children and are eager to develop your skills and knowledge?
If you are an enthusiastic, caring professional who has a passion for supporting children and families by providing high standards of clinical care from 7 days through to 18 years of age within Airedale Hospital Children’s Services we would like to hear from you.
You will need to be kind and responsive and remain professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide. You will need to have good communication skills and be able to demonstrate a caring and supportive approach to working.
We are currently looking for Senior Health Care Support Worker skilled in the care of children with acute and elective health care needs, to join our Childrens Unit Team. In order to achieve our vision for the future we currently have posts available for someone who possess essential levels of practical skills and knowledge in caring for children needing acute and planned care.
There are a variety of hours available, part-time to full time hours.
Please note; We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
Previous applicants need not re-apply
Main duties of the job
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven college and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace out 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and full details of the role please see the attached job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 Care
- Maths and English at Grade C/Level 2 or Grade 4 GCSE
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 3
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous care experience.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Verbal and Written Command of English
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Previous Qualifications/ Courses Passed
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
- Laura Gannaway
- Job title
- Senior Sister, Children's Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292171
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