Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (maternity leave)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 153-SP04566
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £24,169 - £25,674 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare support worker
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for applicants to join our forward thinking team.
The successful candidate will work alongside the trained Nursing staff and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and effective care to children and young people aged 0-16 year (up to 18 for Young people with long term health needs or complex needs)
The children's unit includes a busy assessment unit, 2 in patient wards, a -HDU and a surgical/medical day unit and the Children's Area within the Emergency Department (ED).
Shifts are 12 hours rotation days/nights/weekends.
Future plans include a move to our new Children's Unit at the Bournemouth site alongside a new major Children's Emergency Department.
This post is being advertised as a Band 3, however applicants that do not meet the required care certificate competencies will initially be employed as a Band 2. Applicants who hold a care certificate accreditation will start in post at Band 3.
Base Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
- You will need to be able to effectively communicate and have excellent documentation skills.
- The role includes taking observations, providing personal cares, supporting with nutrition requirements.
- You will have your care certificate or complete in role once started.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a planned move for this service anticipated during Novmember 2025, when this role and base of work will relocate to Bournemouth. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and personal speciation for further information for this role. Or contact for further information.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- experience working with children
- experience of working with the public
Desirable criteria
- working in a hospital
- working in care environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 in care or willingness to undertake
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Effective communication skills – both written and verbal / non verbal
- IT literate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Green
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 2029
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