• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-26-0263?language=en&page=40&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Health Care Support Worker - Drop in Sessions

  Do you want to make a difference to people's lives? Is working in health care the career for you?

  Our recruitment specialists are available for you to meet with, to discuss your possible career in health care at Wye Valley NHS Trust

  We have a number of full time and part time Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) opportunities available across the Trust to applicantswith or without previous health care experience, who are wanting to develop a career in health care.

  You can visit our recruitment specialists on:

  • Mon 13th April 12pm - 2pm

  Following your attendance at the drop in, successful candidates will be invited for interview on:

  • Wed 15th April

  The drop in sessions will be held at, Franklin Barnes Offices, 1-3 Commercial Road, Hereford, HR1 2AZ . No pre booking required, please bring along your updated CV.

  Please note: Wye Valley NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for these roles. Dependant visa's requirement: minimum of 12 months remaining prior to expiry.

  Main duties of the job

  As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing 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

  Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. 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.

  Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

  About us

  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.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  26 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,465 a year pa pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  229-COR-6895745

  Job locations

  Hereford

  Stonebow Rd

  Hereford,

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

  Further information on ourApprenticeship schemes will be available at the drop in sessions.

  https://www.dynamictraining.org.uk/apprenticeship-programmes/

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

  Further information on ourApprenticeship schemes will be available at the drop in sessions.

  https://www.dynamictraining.org.uk/apprenticeship-programmes/

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Working with people

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in a care enviroment

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
  • Ability to work well under pressure

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • Good standard of secondary education

  Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications (If not already obtained)
  • Diploma level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
  • Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care (If not already obtained)
  • A minimum Maths and English GCSE grades 3 - 9 or grades A,B,C,D or equivalent Functional Skills qualifications or pass internal literacy & numeracy assessment (Essential band 3)

  Skills Knowledge and Abilities

  Essential

  • Undertake personal care and related procedures

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
  • Ability to perform patient observations and recordings

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Working with people

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in a care enviroment

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
  • Ability to work well under pressure

  Education and Qualifications

  Essential

  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • Good standard of secondary education

  Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications (If not already obtained)
  • Diploma level 2/3 in Health & Social Care
  • Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care (If not already obtained)
  • A minimum Maths and English GCSE grades 3 - 9 or grades A,B,C,D or equivalent Functional Skills qualifications or pass internal literacy & numeracy assessment (Essential band 3)

  Skills Knowledge and Abilities

  Essential

  • Undertake personal care and related procedures

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
  • Ability to perform patient observations and recordings

  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

  Hereford

  Stonebow Rd

  Hereford,

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Hereford

  Stonebow Rd

  Hereford,

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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