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Job summary

Main area
Healthcare of the Elderly
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
214-MED-7229230-A
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-In-Ashfield
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/08/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Health Care Support Worker - Ward 42

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Ward 42 at King’s Mill Hospital is actively seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join our bustling ward. Our ward provides healthcare for the elderly and accommodates 24 patients in a combination of bays and en suite rooms, providing a dynamic environment that ensures a diverse and rewarding experience.

Ward 42 is home to a well-established medical team and ward-based multidisciplinary staff who work collaboratively to deliver patient-centered care. Our nursing team is known for its friendliness, support, and commitment to sharing skills and knowledge with new and junior staff members. We pride ourselves on offering an excellent clinical area with numerous opportunities for professional growth.

Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate good communication skills and understanding of basic requirements for individual patient care
  • Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of Safeguarding issues.

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ 3 in care or willingness to work towards.
  • Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
  • Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
Desirable criteria
  • “Care Certificate” qualification.

Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Able to attend a 3-day Clinical Induction
  • Committed to attending further training and development as identified

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Previous care work experience
  • Previous face-to-face customer care experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in a hospital setting

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Flexible approach
  • Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nisha Sunny
Job title
Ward Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
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