Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Are you highly motivated, dynamic and looking to make a real difference to patient care and experience within surgical specialties?

Then this could be the role for you!

We are looking to appoint Healthcare Assistants to join our established team on Maple Ward. Our ward consists of 22 surgical beds, 3 HOB beds and a surgical assessment unit offering highly skilled ambulatory care. Maple Ward supports a wide variety of surgical disciplines including general surgery, urology and gynaecology and works closely with the surgical teams and our surgical day unit.

The post holder will be required to provide basic patient care, assisting with all activities of living including hygiene and personal grooming, nutrition, and continence care. They will also carry out routine patient observations and screening as well as have the opportunity to expand there skill set to complete ECG's, phlebotomy and develop a knowledge of basic wound care.

There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals as we continue to provide excellent and efficient care in a fast paced environment.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

The job description outlines the primary role and responsibilities of a Senior Health Care Support Worker. It is not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time as the needs of the service change. As this contains core functions of the role, it is important to note that some service areas may have additional skill requirements which are subject to competency based assessments.

There is an expectation for post holders to be flexible in order to provide cover to other clinical areas where there is an increase in service demand.

Conduct and behaviour

• Demonstrate a courteous, sympathetic, compassionate and helpful approach to patients, relatives and visitors at all times.
• Act as an ambassador promoting the corporate image of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to all individuals, groups and external organisations, to sustain public confidence and trust.
• Act as a positive role model for all Trust employees.
• Demonstrate a positive professional working relationship with colleagues and other members of the Trust by promoting open communication, trust and respect.
• Establish and actively maintain clear professional boundaries at all times with patients, and any one close to them e.g. relatives, friend.

Please see the attached job description and addendum for further information.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a range of provider

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sophie Cundall Job title: Senior Sister Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01723 236262