Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 208-08673E-25-1
- Employer
- Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Scunthorpe General Hospital
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Salary
- £24,465 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
This post will provide excellent grounding for any Healthcare Support Worker with a genuine interest Frailty care and its treatments, and could lead to a rewarding future in Scunthorpe general hospital. The post has to offer:
- You will be based on Ward 16 at SGH
- To assist and support members of the multi-professional team in order to provide a high standard of patient - cantered care; performing duties without the need for constant direct supervision.
- Being part of a forward thinking, dynamic, supportive and friendly team
Main duties of the job
- Assist the nursing team
- Undertake Personal care on patients and assisting with ADL's
- Support the families
- Help with general cleanliness and upkeep of the ward
- Support the medics with procedures
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.
Person specification
education and qualifaction
Essential criteria
- • Basic literacy/ numeracy skills preferably gained through secondary school education
- Willingness to undertake training
Desirable criteria
- NVQ/ QCF Level 2 in a health-related subjec
knoledge and experience
Essential criteria
- • Detailed understanding of the role of a HCSW
- • Awareness of what is important to a patient
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in a care setting
communication
Essential criteria
- • verbal/written
- • Be able to work on own initiative
- • Works well with in a team
- • Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- • To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- • Evidence showing clinical and professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence emotional intelligence
other requirements
Essential criteria
- • Shows motivation in developing new skills
- • High level of interpersonal skills
- • Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- • Flexible and reliable
- • Good time keeper
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Emma Johns
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03033303517
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
Recruitment Office
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Scartho Road
Grimsby
UK
DN31 2QQ
- Telephone
- 03033 306519
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