# Senior Care Support Worker - FAU - Fixed term cover > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-support-worker-fau-fixed-term-cover/0a67f529-0434-4eb7-89b4-6dc13ea137fb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-support-worker-fau-fixed-term-cover/0a67f529-0434-4eb7-89b4-6dc13ea137fb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Russells Hall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Care support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (At The Dudley Group, we understand the benefits of offering a range of flexible working options from day one of employment to support both employees and the Trust. Offering flexible working opportunities is one of the ways that the Trust aims to attract and retain a diverse workforce. Further information on the options available can be found via the link in the job advert) - **Employment type:** Part time - 36 hours per week (12 hour shifts) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T10:25:50.045Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Dudley/The_Dudley_Group_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elderly_CareFrailty/Elderly_CareFrailty-v8277744 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8277744?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dudleygroup.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The successful applicant will be working in a Multidisciplinary Team within the Frailty Assessment Unit, ensuring patients admitted to the Unit receive a high standard of care, whilst continuing to achieve both National and Local Targets. If you enjoy a challenge and are highly motivate, organised and have good communication skills and would like to join a dynamic and highly skilled team then this is the job for you. We offer support for flexible working and have excellent staff engagement and hold regular events throughout the year that put staff at the centre of change and innovation. ### Main duties of the job The Senior Care Support Worker will together with members of the Nursing team and contribute to the implementation of a high standard and individualised patient care under the direction of a registered nurse. The post holder will be required to communicate effectively with other members of the health care team, patients and relatives and must be able to recognise and report to the appropriate person any changes in the patient's condition which may require the intervention of others. The post holder will be assessed on appointment on their level of competence and required as part of the Trusts training and development programme for care support workers to undertake a structured pathway of development to include basic skills and in house development programme. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of caring for people in a care worker role within a hospital, the community or a residential nursing home setting - Experience of close working with members of the multidisciplinary team **Desirable** - Previous NHS Acute Medical experience ### Qualification **Essential** - NVQ level 3/ diploma level 3 or working towards - English & Maths A - C, 9 - 4 or Functional Skills Level 2 **Desirable** - Male Catheterisation - ECG - Venepuncture ### Communication and Relationship Skills **Essential** - Effective communication skills, verbal and written - Computer literate ### Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Trust Values **Essential** - Able to provide safe, caring and effective services - Values and behaviours that reflect the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility - Commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination and where people feel they belong and their contribution is valued ## Documents - [band 3 jd (pdf, 377.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10593896) - [our vision (png, 101.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1862) - [useful links (pdf, 193.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1861) - [culture statement (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1991) - [dudley people plan (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2026) - [employee benefits (pdf, 440.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1858) - [gdpr privacy notice (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1859) - [person specification (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10593895) - [flexible working poster (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2911) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.