Health Care Support Worker

4 days ago


Boston, United Kingdom United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Working under delegation and supervision of a registered health care practitioner, the Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) will undertake defined responsibilities appropriate to their role in the workplace setting. Complying with Trust policies, protocols, guidelines, the fifteen standards of the Care Certificate and the national strategy of Compassion in Practice, they will ensure safe, compassionate and competent care delivery to our patients and service users at all times.

It is an expectation that all newly appointed staff that are new to care will complete the Care Certificate within the first twelve weeks of employment with the Trust, as part of their induction.

It is a requirement of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust that all HCSWs adhere to the Code of Conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers.

This job description is written under the headings of the six enduring values and behaviours that underpin the Compassion in Practice strategy - the 6Cs.

We are a busy ward whom provide elective care for both women undergoing Breast and Gynaecological surgery, and also provide emergency assessment and care for women experiencing early pregnancy complications and Gynaecological disorders.

We have 12 inpatient beds and also see a large number of Women as emergencies along with the multi-disciplinary team to implement and plan their ongoing care.

As well as delivering care to women, supporting the multi-disciplinary team, the role will also include ensuring the environment is kept clean and tidy to a high IPC standard and that resources are used in a cost effective manner.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

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