Healthcare Support Worker - Medicine

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients' experiences, is:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care., Please note the interview and assessment day will be held on Wednesday 27th November 2024, 09:30 - 12:00. Alternative interview dates cannot be confirmed.
We are recruiting enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Workers to become part of our wider health care team, providing high standards of care to our patients.
You will attend a robust clinical induction program, and comprehensive practical based program, to gain the skills and knowledge to provide quality care to our patients. We will provide you with the tools to gain your care certificate if you have not already completed it.
This vacancy is for positions in medicine. Some departments will involve working across the 3 hospital sites.
We welcome applications for those seeking both full and part-time employment, the minimum contract we can offer is 24.5 hours per week., The Health Care Support Worker works as part of the ward/department team under the supervision of registered nurse/midwife and, + Work co-operatively as part of the multi-disciplinary team, helping nursing, midwifery and other clinical staff in routine work associated with patient care
+ Support qualified nurses in the implementation of programmes of care within the limits of the HCSW's knowledge and competence
+ Provide comfort, reassurance and support to patients and/or their carers if anxious or distressed
+ Assist with essential patient care, e.g. making beds, sorting clean linen, etc
+ Assist patients to become as independent as possible by giving the appropriate level of support as delegated and under supervision
+ Maintain patients' personal and oral hygiene, e.g. help with dressing/ undressing, giving bed baths, mouth and skin care, assisting with pressure area care
+ Escort patients to other departments

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ more than 4,000 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a new hospital that will transform healthcare for the people of Harlow and beyond.
The New Princess Alexandra Hospital will be a world-class facility delivering first-rate care for our patients and providing the best place to work for our people.
It will be a hospital for the future; one that will care for many generations to come.
Join us on this exciting journey to bring our new hospital to life. Together, we're building #OurNewPAH

+ Participates in the delivery of patient care
+ Contributes towards ward/department organisation
+ Support registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment
+ Complete National Care Certificate
The post is advertised as a Band 3 role subject to the following:
+ successfully completing the care certification within the six month probationary period of employment, during which you will be paid Band 2
or
+ providing a copy of your completed care certificate which has been reviewed during the recruitment process and determined as meeting the accepted standard
Upon successful completion (or accepted evidence) of the Care Certification and completion of the probationary period of employment, you will be promoted to NHS AFC Band 3
Failure to complete the Care Certification within this timeframe may result in termination of employment, + Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
+ Free car parking for our staff
+ Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
+ Minimum 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
+ Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
+ Access to NHS Pension scheme
+ Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
+ Onsite creche facilities
+ Annual appraisals with career pathways
+ In-house training courses
+ Discounted hospital restaurant
+ Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Important information
+ Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
+ All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
+ The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
+ Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
+ Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn