Healthcare Support Worker Band 2 Progression to Band 3

Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) Band 2 progression to band 3 (Full or Part Time) - Various departments across Whittington Health - Hospital Site
We are looking for enthusiastic, kind and compassionate, motivated individuals to join our hospital teams in delivering a high standard of patient-centred care on our dynamic and friendly units.
Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW’s) are vital members of our team, we know that the HCSW’s are often the first person our patients talk with and trust. HCSW’s work as part of the ward/department multidisciplinary team under the supervision and support of registered nurses.
We are keen to support you in this role and help you develop. Applicants will be supported on a training/developmental programme and paid at a Band 2 until their Band 3 competencies are signed off at which point you will be uplifted to a Band 3. You will be supported to achieve this by the HCSW Development team. You will also have the opportunity to undertake the Care Certificate.
If you are 18 or above have limited or no previous care experience and not yet attained the care certificate and can demonstrate empathy and compassion and share our ethos of maintaining patients’ self-respect and dignity, we would be delighted to hear from you.
You will be invited to undertake a literacy and numeracy test. If you are successful in passing our literacy and numeracy test you will be invited for interview. Please note your interview will be on a different day from the literacy and numeracy test
In your supportive information please answer the following questions:

- Why are you looking for a new role and what appeals/interests you specifically about working at Whittington Health?
- What Whittington Health Care Value do you relate to the most and why?

Unfortunately, this post is not eligible for a Certificate of Sponsorship
The minimum hours we can support is 23.0hrs
HCSW’s work as part of the clinical team appointed to support Registered Nurses in the delivery of direct patient care. HCSW’s will undertake a range of activities under the supervision of a registered nurse, having been assessed and deemed competent in the activities required. HCSW’s contribute towards the clinical department and organisation in the provision of a safe and caring environment. The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the trust.
Key working relationships include all members of the multi-professional team, including nursing and medical staff, allied health professionals and support workers.
Assist and prioritise patients with all aspects of their care as delegated by the registered nurse:

- Undertake personal care duties.
- Support patients with toileting, bathing, dressing, dressing, feeding.
- Record patient information within scope.
- To ensure all contact with patients, families, carers is carried out with care, compassion and dignity and in line with Trust values.
- Liaise effectively with nursing and multi professional team members within the scope of the HCSW role and report back to the nurse in charge.
- Maintain a clean and safe environment and equipment.
- Report any issues at work that may put health, safety, and security of staff, patients and visitors at risk.
- Actively engage in training opportunities

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
For more detailed information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Specific Requirements
Flexibility to work 24hr Shifts, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas as required unless otherwise specified.