About this role
Job summary
This vacancy is open exclusively to internal applicants currently employed by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Band 3: £10,304 - £10,990
Part time hours: 15 per week
Base: St Mary's Hospital (IOW), Parkhurst Road, Newport,PO30 5TG
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about supporting staff wellbeing and developing the Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) workforce?
We are seeking a compassionate, motivated individual to join our Corporate Nursing Workforce Team and share our commitment to delivering outstanding care.
This is an exciting new role focused on providing pastoral support, guidance and development opportunities for HCSWs at all stages of their journey - from recruitment through to ongoing professional growth.
You will play a key role in ensuring our HCSWs feel valued, supported and empowered, enabling them to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.This is a role for someone who genuinely cares about people and wants to make a meaningful difference to the experience of our frontline workforce
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. This post will be based at IWT but the role on some ocassions may be required to undertake business travel between IWT and PHU sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide pastoral support to both new and existing HCSWs, supporting wellbeing and retention. Support recruitment and retention events, promoting the HCSW role. Assist HCSWs in their training, education and clinical practice, supporting achievement of national standards. Act as a positive role model, promoting Trust values and high standards of care. Work collaboratively with the Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse and wider workforce team. Contribute to maintaining a safe, inclusive and supportive clinical environment.For further details, please see the Job Description.
For informal discussion or enquiries please contact Andrea Smart via email [email protected] or any member of the Nursing Workforce team [email protected].
Should this post receive a high number of applicants, this role may close early.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Care Certificate. Level 3 in Health and Social care qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
Teaching Qualification. Mental Health First Aid.
Experience Essential
3 years or more Health Care Support Worker experience within the hospital. Experience of supporting staff wellbeing and/or providing pastoral support. Experience of working with HCSWs or similar staff groups.
Desirable
Wellbeing champion. Supporting staff during EDNA (Employee Disability and Neurodivergent Advice) assessments. Experience of facilitating training, staff support sessions, or inductions.
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of professional boundaries and working within scope of practice. Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion in healthcare. Knowledge of Trust values and commitment to compassionate care. Ability to use a range of computer programmes including ESR (or similar) and Microsoft Office with good keyboard skills. Ability to listen and influence people. Ability to communicate in written and oral English with experience of working across teams and liaising with all levels of staff. Ability to effectively problem solve.
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 Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address St Mary's Hospital (IOW)
Parkhurst Road
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)