Trainee Healthcare Support Worker

3 months ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

Job Introduction
**Looking to kickstart a career with the NHS?**

You can, through our Healthcare Support Worker Development (HCSWD) programme.

Acting as your entry point into the NHS, you will receive the training, support, and supervision you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) or more commonly known as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA).

Achieve this all whilst receiving weekly pay, paid annual leave and all the other great benefits NHS Professionals offers our bank members. Once you have successfully completed the programme you will be able to work flexibly at any of our partner Trusts.

**Pay Rates**:

- Days**:£10.42**:

- Saturdays/Nights**:£14.69**:

- Sunday/Bank Hols**:_£19.07_**

**About the Trust**

We have a unique opportunity to learn on the job at **Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust **over a **_6-month_**_ _paid supervised placement programme.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) provides a full range of services to over
2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities. The Trust has a
national and international reputation for many of their specialist services, including stroke,
renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma.
As a teaching Trust, NUH also plays a vital role in the education and training of Doctors,
Nurses and other healthcare professionals. Based in Nottingham, with excellent transport
links to Derby, Loughborough and Leicester, enjoy the best of both city and country life.

**What the programme involves**

During our programme you will work through the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate, learning how to meet the daily living needs of your patients as well as being a part of the NHS healthcare team. This includes supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care, from hygiene to personal and physical comfort.

**Benefits of joining**

By joining, you can receive some exciting benefits:

- **Career Progression - **Achieve a Care Certificate and begin your journey with the NHS.
- **Weekly pay - **Work this week, get paid next week.
- **Paid annual leave - **Build holiday allowance.
- **Provide patient care - **Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients.
- **Join the NHS family - **Become part of a healthcare team.
- **Dedicated training** **and supervised shifts - **Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.

Main Responsibilities
**Typical duties will involve but not limited to**:

- Carry out clinical procedures/tasks as required.
- Clinical tasks will be determined by the nature of your work and local policy e.g. monitoring the effects of medication.
- Obtain and test samples and other specimens
- Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
- Contribute to discharge process
- Care of wounds
- Check pain levels and requesting pain relieving medication on patient’s behalf
- Assist in preparing for clinical procedures and clearing the environment afterwards as appropriate

**Who we are looking for**

We are looking for someone who has a passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin ‘compassion in practice’. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.

**Please note that we require**:

- You must be **over the age of 18** or turning 18 before the planned classroom training week.
- You work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme. This is a total of **_780 hours over 6 months’ _**.

**What’s next?**
- **Attendance of Assessment Day** - Planned for **_8th August_**:

- **Attendance of FREE classroom training** - Planned for **_5th - 7th September_**

**After the programme**

Once you have completed your placement and the Care Certificate 15 Standards, you can work as a HCSW or HCA for the Trust at any of their locations, and at any of our NHS Professionals partner Trusts, through the bank.

**Apply**

We look forward to hearing from you soon.
- As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply._

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