Health Care Support Worker/New to CareNHS
Job summary
Are you looking to start your healthcare career within the NHS? Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruitingNew to Care Health Care Support Workerswho are passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate care. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to patients' lives whilst gaining valuable skills and qualifications. For the right candidate who can deliver the values of FHFT, we will support and develop your career and help you grow to become the best Health Care Support Worker you aspire to be.
Please note this is a front facing clinical role where a high level of spoken and written English language is required. Please do not use AI software for completion of your application for this role.
What We Offer:
- Paid employment while completing your apprenticeship
- Structured training and development wrapped around these posts
- Supportive team environment to work within
Main duties of the job
You will need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail. In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals - working alongside a reliable and friendly team.
You will also have access to a full program of training and development as well as a range of employee benefits.
When joining Frimley Health, we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs.
Main duties of the job are:
- Support the delivery of person-centred care under the supervision of registered and non registered nursing staff.
- Assist patients with personal care (bathing, dressing, toileting, meals).
- Help with non-clinical duties in a ward or department.
- Ensure patient safety, dignity, and wellbeing at all times.
Job description
Please note that this role does not qualify for Visa Sponsorship.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Some of the core requirements for the post:
- Must be currently in the UK with the right to work
- Meet government apprenticeship eligibility criteria
- High standard of spoken and written English
- Please do not use AI software to complete your application
- These posts donotoffer visa sponsorship
Some of the core tasks required for the role include:
- Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
- To act as an advocate for patients within the department/ward/unit.
- To follow FHFT guidelines, policies, and procedures in maintaining safe workingpractices for patients and colleagues.
- To ensure that patients' receive high quality communication and a goodexperience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs, or principles.
Elements of the Job Description and the Person Specification may be screened at interview. We reserve the right to terminate the interview if it is felt these are not met.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to developing our workforce and supporting career progression. These Band 2 roles include:
- Level 2 Health Care Apprenticeship
- Care Certificate training
On successful completion of apprenticeship and care certificate (approximately 8 months), you will have the opportunity to progress to aBand 3 Health Care Assistant role within the Trust.