Healthcare Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Harlow, United Kingdom The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Please note the interview and assessment day will be held on Saturday the 16th March 2024. Applicants who reach this stage will need to attend for a full morning (09:00 - 12:00) or afternoon (13:00 - 15:00) session. 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.

The Health Care Support Worker works as part of the ward/department team under the supervision of registered nurse/midwife and:
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 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 3,500 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

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


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