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Healthcare Support Worker - Leominster Community Hospital Band 2
Make a real difference every day
Ready to start or grow your career in healthcare? Join our supportive and compassionate community hospital teams, where your role truly matters and every day is an opportunity to improve a patient's experience.
We are a 26 bedded Community Hospital, set in the historic market town of Leominster, located north of Herefordshire.
Why choose our community hospitals?
? Person-centred care with a focus on dignity and respect? Opportunity to really get to know your patients? Make a meaningful difference to patients' daily lives? Supportive teams who value kindness and compassion? A strong focus on learning, development and progression
As a HCSW, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, dignified care, supporting patients throughout their stay.
You will:
Support patients with daily living needs including personal care, nutrition, and mobility Promote and maintain patient dignity, privacy, and independence Deliver care that considers the whole person, not just their condition Build meaningful relationships and get to know your patients as individuals Help to improve each patient's day through compassionate care and interaction Follow and promote infection prevention and control practices Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support recovery and safe discharge Contribute to a positive patient experience where people feel valued and respected
Main duties of the job
Why Join Us?
<3 Friendly, supportive ward teams where you are valued<3 A strong culture focused on patient experience and quality care<3 Opportunities to develop your skills and confidence<3 Clear progression pathways, including apprenticeships into nursing and clinical roles<3 Ongoing training and career development support<3 A focus on staff wellbeing and work-life balance
Grow Your Career With Us
We are committed to helping you develop. Whether you are new to healthcare or looking to progress, we offer structured development opportunities, including apprenticeship pathways to support your journey into nursing or other healthcare professions.
Be part of something special
Join a close-knit team where compassion, respect, and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do -- and where you can truly make a difference to people's lives every day.
Apply Now
Informal visits are warmly welcomed -- come and meet the team and see what makes our community hospitals special.
For more information or to arrange informal visit please contact
Beverley [email protected] 01568 614211
About us
Easily accessible from Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Monmouth, and South Wales -- offering the chance to work in a beautiful rural setting with strong community connections.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.
Examples of what you may do as part of your role:
Washing and dressing patients Serving meals and feeding patients Helping patients to move around Making beds Talking to patients and their families Monitoring patient condition
Skills and personal attributes needed:
Caring and kind Cheerful and friendly Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting Able to follow direct instructions Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative Have good listening and communication skills Be well organised
This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing Willingness to undertake the Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications if not already obtained
Desirable
Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
Experience Essential
Working with people
Desirable
Previous experience working in a care enviroment
Skills Knowledge and Abilities Essential
Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
Desirable
Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting Keyboard skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Leominster Community Hospital
Leominster
HR6 8JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)