Health Care Support Worker | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will work with a great supportive, high performing, multidisciplinary team. The post holder will support specialist clinicians, patients their families and carers, in providing excellent care.

Your role as a Healthcare Support Worker is to support our Nursing teams deliver the best care possible to our patients and contribute to the smooth running of our wards and departments.

You must have an NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care and evidence of Maths and English.

Evidence of qualifications will be requested at interview and during onboarding checks.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in all clinical areas of Dermatology, including theatre.

Collaborating with clinical specialist dealing with therapeutic and diagnostic treatments.

To communicate with patients, families and carers whilst providing support and advise.

To develop skills, knowledge and competencies relevant to Dermatology.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

• Display a professional attitude at all times when dealing with the general public and colleagues alike whilst using effective communication skills to influence the outcome in issues causing concern.



• To support and assist team members across sites where there are staff shortages, whilst working as part of one multidisciplinary team



• Deal with enquiries from patients, GP's and other disciplines of staff.



• Liaise with the clinical staff to ensure the delivery of a seamless service for patients attending outpatient appointments.



• Promote and develop good communication links with all disciplines of staff involved in the booking process both internal and external to the Trust.