Health Care Support Worker

The Health Care Support Worker is an essential member of the multi-disciplinary team providing high standard of care for patients as well as support and comfort to family members, friends and carers.

You will be expected to provide a high level of Essential Care to meet the needs of patients in the Ward. This will include helping to maintain personal hygiene, continence, mobility, nutrition and hydration.

As well as supporting recovery you will promote rehabilitation, encouraging patients to regain and maintain as much independence as possible

In addition to Essential Care and Support there will be the opportunity to develop additional skills, including the monitoring and recording of Patient Observations, ECGs and Phlebotomy

We will support successful candidates to complete the Care Certificate whilst working with us, to embed their practice and learning and support ongoing development.

The teams on the wards include Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Healthcare Support Workers, Therapy Assistants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Consultant Nurses.

Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.

There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.

If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!

In return, we will offer you several opportunities and benefits. The salary for a Band 3 is £24,071 to £25,674 depending on experience. Working unsocial hours pays an additional 85% on Bank Holidays and Sundays and an additional 43% at other times. You will be able to join the NHS pension scheme, have access to a wide range of NHS discount offers, plus a generous annual leave allowance and free parking at our community sites. Wiltshire Health and Care also offer access to various health and wellbeing initiatives, via their wellbeing hive, and access to great deals through our salary sacrifice scheme.