Job overview

We are now recruiting enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) to become part of our wider health care team, which provides high standards of care to our patients.

This advert is for positions  across our surgery and critical care division, including:

• General surgery
• Trauma and orthopaedic 
• Theatres
• Ophthalmology 

You will attend a robust clinical induction program, and comprehensive practical based program, to gain the skills and knowledge to provide quality care to our patients. We will provide you with the tools to gain your care certificate if you have not already completed it. 

We welcome applications for those seeking both full and part-time employment, the minimum contract we can offer is 30 hours per week. 

Main duties of the job

Our HCSWs works as part of the ward/department team under the supervision of registered nurse/midwife and:

• Participates in the delivery of patient care
• Contributes towards ward/department organisation
• Support registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment
• Complete the National Care Certificate

The post is advertised as a Band 3 role subject to the following: 

·        successfully completing the care certification within the six month probationary period of employment, during which you will be paid Band 2

or

·        providing a copy of your completed care certificate which has been reviewed during the recruitment process and determined as meeting the accepted standard  

Upon successful completion (or accepted evidence) of the Care Certification and completion of the probationary period of employment, you will be promoted to NHS AFC Band 3

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.