Senior Healthcare Support Worker - South

Our Senior Healthcare Support Workers work as part of a large team comprising of Healthcare Support Workers at Band 2 & 3, Nursing Associates (Band 4), Staff Nurses (Band 5) and District Nurses (Band 6). We are looking to recruit dedicated, motivated staff that are willing to go the extra mile for our patients to maintain high standards expected.

The Trust offers the prospect of being able to demonstrate experience and skills in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, as well as access to a huge range of learning and training opportunities and support from a mentor and our clinical educators.

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual, with a desire to play an active part in the provision of high quality nursing care within the community setting. We want to recruit a caring and motivated Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Band 3) to provide the best possible care to our patients. Previous experience of caring for people at home and a commitment to providing care to a high standard is essential.

You will have the willingness to extend and develop your skills, and have the ability to apply your knowledge and skills to practice. The successful candidate will be required to work over a 7-day period, and will work as an integral part of a busy forward-thinking and innovative Community Nurse Team. This is a community post and requires the post holder to work independently in patients' homes.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.

Travel expenses will be covered by expenses and parking at our community sites is free for clinical staff.

IT Skills Are Also Essential.

If you believe you have these qualities, we look forward to hearing from you.

We Have Nursing Teams Based In The Following Sites:

• North Hub - based at Haxby Health Centre
• Selby/South Hub based at Selby Hospital, Tadcaster Health Centre or Sherburn in Elmet
• East Hub - Tang Hall Clinic
• West Hub - Acomb Health Centre
• South Hambleton and North Ryedale

We require staff to cross cover for other teams and potentially travel to work from other sites.

We currently have positions available in the following sites (Which would be the successful candidate’s main base):

SOUTH

If this post sounds perfect for you but isn’t the right time, please do continue to look for vacancies as we will be likely to have more in the future.

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 generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• 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 from a range of providers

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: Julie Rae Job title: Community Team Leader Email address: julie.rae8@nhs.net Telephone number: 07903 868725