Overview
As a Health Care Support Worker, you’ll be part of our valued Savernake Inpatient team within HCRG Care Group.
Benefits
- £25,000.00 (pro rata to hours worked) with access to our group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Job Introduction
The Health Care Support Worker is an essential member of the multi‑disciplinary team providing high standard of care for patients as well as support and comfort to family members, friends and carers.
In addition to Essential Care and Support there will be the opportunity to develop additional skills, including the monitoring and recording of Patient Observations, ECGs and Phlebotomy.
Apply now to join our team and help us to deliver our vision to improve health and wellbeing by providing high quality care.
Savernake Ward provides 24 hour care, 7 days a week to our patients so the ideal candidate will be able to work a variety of shifts. We are open to conversations around flexible working patterns.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.
Main Responsibilities
- Work within a multi‑professional team in an Inpatient setting, providing support, care, and treatment to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role.
- Provide a high level of Essential Care to meet the needs of patients in the Ward. This includes helping to maintain personal hygiene, continence, mobility, nutrition and hydration.
- Promote rehabilitation and encourage patients to regain and maintain as much independence as possible.
Ideal Candidate
- Good general education.
- Care Certificate – or willingness to achieve.
- Experience of working under supervision.
- Experience of supporting other workers.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Deliver patient‑focused care.
- Ability to recognise own limitations.
- Typing/data inputting skills.
- Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
- Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
- Driven to achieve.
- Self‑motivated.
- Good time management.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We’re a Disability Confident company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
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