BANK Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

Are you an experienced and qualified Nursing Assistant or Healthcare Assistant?

Would you like to work at an NHS trust that is committed to ensuring your ongoing development and training of a wide range of clinical skills and knowledge?

What is the role of a Bank Health Care Support Worker at UHBW?

In order to undertake this role you must:

- Have acute experience working within a healthcare setting within the past 12 months OR are a Student Nurse in your second year having completed a placement in an acute hospital setting – please ensure this is documented in your application.

- Have a minimum of an NVQ level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care or GCSE A*- D in English/ Math's or equivalent.

- Be able to work a minimum of 2 shifts, in a rolling 3 month period and remain compliant with all essential training, to remain in post

- Please note you will be expected to do 5 days of induction within a week period

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Support Worker, you will play an essential role in supporting the delivery of the highest standard of quality care to our patients, working alongside registered nurses and other healthcare professionals. Your role will include a wide range of tasks, from providing personal and intimate care to undertaking clinical observations. A Health Care Support Worker will be competent to provide compassionate care to agreed quality standards.

You will be required to follow stringent policies such as infection control and manual handling policies, and keep your clinical and non-clinical colleagues informed of outcomes. In addition you will be providing emotional and practical support to patient & their families. You will require an adaptable and flexible approach to enable you to adapt to situations that change quickly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At UHBW we are currently recruiting for Experienced Bank Healthcare Support Workers to join our trust.

We ask that you have experience working within an acute healthcare setting, within the last 12 months OR are a Student Nurse in your second year having completed a placement in an acute hospital setting – please ensure this is documented in your application. if you meet the essential criteria, your application will be shortlisted and you will be invited for an interview. If successful, you will be employed on a zero hour contract and on occasions you will be required to work between our Bristol and Weston sites.

Collaborative Bank

We are excited to announce that we are part of a collaborative bank with NBT. This means that if you currently work at either UHBW or NBT on the bank, you don't need to apply for another bank role with the opposite trust. If you are part of either bank, please contact the bank office to be added to the collaborative bank.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.