Care Support Worker

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

**Job Title**:Care Support Worker - Paediatrics

**Trust Location**:Hemel Hemsptead, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

**Pay Rates**:£10 - £19 Per Hour

**About the Trust**: West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute hospital-based and specialist healthcare services to around half a million people living in Hertfordshire, north London and further afield. The Trust was the first hospital in Europe to treat patients with Puritan Bennett 980 ventilators, a type of ventilator that helps patients to breathe more naturally and recover more quickly. Hertfordshire has the best of both worlds, surrounded by beautiful countryside but with good road and rail links to both London and Cambridge, as well as comprehensive bus services across the main towns (Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans and Watford).

**As a member, you will have fantastic benefits**:

- **Competitive pay rates** -work this week, get paid next week.
- **Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go** **access your -** My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone.
- **Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days**:

- Call us anytime.
- **Multi-locational -** work across neighbouring Trusts.
- **First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust** access before they are made available to agency.
- **Varied working options to suit your lifestyle** - access to the Bank gives you options of adhoc shifts or fixed term placements.
- **Training and development opportunities.**:

- **Build holiday allowance for every shift you work.**:

- **Stakeholder pension scheme available.**

**What you will be responsible for**:

- Monitoring patients conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respiration, and weight.
- Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
- Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing.
- Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

**You’ll have the following qualification/experience**:

- Currently studying General/Adult Nursing (Student Nurse) and completed a minimum of 12 weeks clinical placements.
- Minimum of 6 months Acute HCSW UK (Private, NHS or Armed Forces) hospital/hospice.
- Experience within the last 2 years.
- *Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

**Career Progression **access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

**Work-life Balance **flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave.

**Opportunity & Access **over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.

**Disclaimer**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: £10.00-£19.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: M0042-23-1083