Care Support Worker - Ward D5NHS
Job summary
Join Our Dedicated Team on Ward D5 - A Challenging and Rewarding Opportunity!
We are seeking a passionate individual to join our dynamic team on Ward D5, a 34-bedded general surgery ward specializing in complex surgical care, stoma care, and HDU step-down care. Our patients, coming from a variety of specialties, require skilled and compassionate care, making this an incredibly rewarding place to work.
What Makes D5 Unique?
Ward D5 offers a supportive yet challenging environment, focusing on major surgeries and specialized post-operative care. You'll have the opportunity to develop expertise in stoma care and managing high-dependency patients
What We're Looking For:
- Passion for providing compassionate care to surgical patients
- Experience or strong interest in stoma care, HDU step-down, and complex surgical cases
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with others
- Strong communication skills and a proactive, problem-solving attitude
- Commitment to ongoing development and skill improvement
The Role:
- Assist with personal care, mobility, and hygiene
- Provide care for patients recovering from surgery, including wound care and monitoring
- Contribute to stoma care management and emotional support for patients and families
Why Apply?
Join a dedicated team and make a real impact on patients' lives. If you're seeking a role with variety, challenge, and the chance to develop your skills, Ward D5 is the place for you.
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Main duties of the job
Excellent strong sense of teamwork and commitment to maintaining high standards of care to provide high quality, compassionate care for our patients and their families and ensure that efficient service delivery is maintained.
Enthusiastic and motivated.
Caring nature, good communication skills and a willingness to learn and develop are essential.
To work closely with the nursing team delivering fundamental care to patients including assisting with personal hygiene and toileting needs, feeding and mobility.
Part of the team approach to avoiding risk and providing the highest quality care.
Job description
To support following our Trust Values and ensure we represent the trust to the standards expected.
To carry out any tasks required to maintain the safety, cleanliness and tidiness of the ward area.
To support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the workplace.
To participate in training and development activities that are relevant to the job role.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
o NHS pension scheme membership
o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
o NHS Staff discounts
o Cycle to work scheme
oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt