Healthcare Support Worker - Basingstoke & Winchester

Job description

Job summary

Thank you for your interest in working for Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker. We are currently recruiting for Healthcare Support Workers in both our Winchester and Basingstoke locations,

In this role, you will have the opportunity to personally make a difference to our patients lives and the lives of their carers and relatives every single day. Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of our multidisciplinary teams who support our patients by assisting our Registered Nurses in planning, delivering and evaluating care. This will require you to:

• Communicate effectively with a broad range of individuals, both verbally and in writing;
• Share our commitment to maintaining high standards in everything we do;
• Demonstrate that you can work effectively within a team that behaves in accordance with our values.

The Healthcare Support Worker role is varied and busy as you will be working a variety of shifts including long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Successful candidates who are eligible will be expected to undertake the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship. Eligibility and suitability for the programme will be assessed based on apprenticeship funding requirements, previous qualifications, and relevant experience.

Working as a Healthcare Support Worker is a vital role within the team and if you're positive, caring and have a can-do attitude - we want you to join us.

Main duties of the job

It is essential that within your application you are able to demonstrate an understanding of the role and responsibilities, able to prove how you develop and maintain positive working relationships, along with evidencing how you would demonstrate our Trust values.

You must be a minimum of 18 years old to apply for the role and be willing to work a minimum of 23 hours per week. You must be able to commit to the standard shift pattern for this role which includes long days, nights, weekend and bank holidays.

Please note: this vacancydoes not include Paediatrics or Maternity ward vacancies.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

We will be holding an in-person HCSW Interview Days in Basingstoke on 9th October and Winchester on 14th October. The event will include a presentation, talks from our clinical staff and a face-to-face interview. No further interview dates are available and you must be able to attend in person.

*** If you have applied via the recent advert for HCSW's in Winchester or Basingstoke, please do not reapply as your application is already going through the shortlisting process. ***

Important: this vacancy is for external candidates or HHFT employees who are not Healthcare Support Workers. If you already work at HHFT as a HCSW (permanent or bank contracts) and wish to change, you should not apply for this vacancy - please contact your line manager instead. If you are already going through a recruitment process for a Healthcare Support Workers role, or have applied for one, there is no need to apply for this role.

HHFT's YouTube channel contains videos highlighting the everyday life in the NHS in various roles/areas across our hospitals; click on the links below to watch them:

• HCSW DAY IN THE LIFE | https://youtu.be/aQ4NVHovhPc
• Healthcare support worker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWny80Kjcbs

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

We will be holding an in-person HCSW Interview Days in Basingstoke on 9th October and Winchester on 14th October. The event will include a presentation, talks from our clinical staff and a face-to-face interview. No further interview dates are available and you must be able to attend in person.

*** If you have applied via the recent advert for HCSW's in Winchester or Basingstoke, please do not reapply as your application is already going through the shortlisting process. ***

Important: this vacancy is for external candidates or HHFT employees who are not Healthcare Support Workers. If you already work at HHFT as a HCSW (permanent or bank contracts) and wish to change, you should not apply for this vacancy - please contact your line manager instead. If you are already going through a recruitment process for a Healthcare Support Workers role, or have applied for one, there is no need to apply for this role.

HHFT's YouTube channel contains videos highlighting the everyday life in the NHS in various roles/areas across our hospitals; click on the links below to watch them:

• HCSW DAY IN THE LIFE | https://youtu.be/aQ4NVHovhPc
• Healthcare support worker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWny80Kjcbs

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• IT Literate
• Confirmation of Secondary Education - GCSE grades (Minimum requirements: 1-3 or D-G (Department for Education: June 2017)) or equivalent knowledge gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• ESOL Level 2 or equivalent (if English not first language). Or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award. Or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience.

Desirable

• GCSE Standard Pass Grades (GCSE grades 4 and above or A-C only - Department for Education: June 2017)
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate current knowledge and identify own learning needs

Desirable

• Previous experience in a Health/Health and Social Care role or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• Understanding of NHS/Social care systems
• Previous NHS experience

Person Specification
Training & Qualifications

Essential

• IT Literate
• Confirmation of Secondary Education - GCSE grades (Minimum requirements: 1-3 or D-G (Department for Education: June 2017)) or equivalent knowledge gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• ESOL Level 2 or equivalent (if English not first language). Or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award. Or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience.

Desirable

• GCSE Standard Pass Grades (GCSE grades 4 and above or A-C only - Department for Education: June 2017)
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate current knowledge and identify own learning needs

Desirable

• Previous experience in a Health/Health and Social Care role or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
• Understanding of NHS/Social care systems
• Previous NHS experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Basingstoke & North Hampshire County Hospital & Royal County Hospital Winchester

Aldermaston Road

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA

United Kingdom

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