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Job summary

Main area
Corporate
Grade
Various
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
156-6052872-A
Employer
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Town
Truro
Salary
£22,383 - £24,336 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust logo

RCHT Recruitment Event

Various

Job overview

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is holding a recruitment event near you!

If you are interested in working for RCHT, where respect, compassion, honesty, and teamwork are our core values then apply for the role below and start your journey with us today.

Once the job closes, applicants will be shortlisted and will be invited to an invitation only event in May 2024, if essential criteria is met.

The event will take place at the Knowledge Spa in Truro.

Roles available to apply for:

Healthcare Support Worker in a variety of areas.

Please note - we cannot provide sponsorship for this role at this time, please do not apply if you need to be sponsored. 

We look forward to receiving your application! 

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses

To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse and/or Senior Health Care Assistant

 Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual patient needs and wishes, acknowledging their rights and beliefs at all times

 Contribute to resource management within the clinical area

Working for our organisation

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

  • Identity Checks 
  • Professional registration and qualification checks 
  • Employment history and reference checks 
  • Work health assessments 
  • Criminal record check standards 
  • Right to work checks

For further information please visit: 

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.  

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of Education
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Administration level 2/3 or equivalent

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Substantive experience in customer services
  • Experience of working with the public
  • Experience of using Microsoft Office applications i.e., Excel, Word & Outlook

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident committedStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces CovenantNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Recruitment Services
Job title
Recruitment
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01872 255755
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