• Job Description

  Req#: C9372-25-0342?language=en&page=288&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking to recruit Healthcare Support Workers for ward 17 Gastroenterology ward at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

  This is a vital role to assist qualified nursing staff with direct and indirect patient care within clearly defined limits and attainment of defined competence. Successful candidate will work without constant direct supervision using initiative within the level of competence for the post.

  Main duties of the job

  Main Tasks

  • At all times treat patients, visitors and colleagues with dignity and respect, exercising discretion and behaving in a manner consistent with the CHFT standards of behaviour.
  • To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of work
  • Work in a collaborative and co-operative manner with other members of the care team.
  • To maintain Trust policy regarding Control of Infections
  • To undertake training re Manual Handling and adhere to principals taught
  • To follow Health and Safety policies relevant to working environment and attend mandatory updates in accordance with Trust policy
  • Undertake duties that you have received appropriate training for and have been deemed competent
  • To adhere to Trust policies and procedures
  • To establish and maintain effective communication and relationships with multi-disciplinary team
  • Contribute to the development of clinical area, through contribution of new ideas to improve patient care/experience

  About us

  We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

  We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

  We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

  We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.

  Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

  Details

  Date posted

  21 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  372-MED2399

  Job locations

  Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust

  Huddersfield

  HD3 3EA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Clinical Duties

  Carry out all duties in a professional, compassionate and courteous manner. To ensure that no action or omission on your part is detrimental to the condition, safety, wellbeing and interest of the patients.

  To attend to the hygiene needs of patients by assisting with:

  • Bathing in bathroom
  • Washing at bedside
  • Bed bathing
  • Oral hygiene
  • Hair care
  • Nail care
  • Dressing of patients
  • Bedmaking, e.g. routine, theatre beds, discharge beds
  • Monitoring blood glucose levels
  • meeting nutritional needs
  • Taking observations
  • Simple dressings
  • Documentation

  Please see attach JD for more detailed information.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Clinical Duties

  Carry out all duties in a professional, compassionate and courteous manner. To ensure that no action or omission on your part is detrimental to the condition, safety, wellbeing and interest of the patients.

  To attend to the hygiene needs of patients by assisting with:

  • Bathing in bathroom
  • Washing at bedside
  • Bed bathing
  • Oral hygiene
  • Hair care
  • Nail care
  • Dressing of patients
  • Bedmaking, e.g. routine, theatre beds, discharge beds
  • Monitoring blood glucose levels
  • meeting nutritional needs
  • Taking observations
  • Simple dressings
  • Documentation

  Please see attach JD for more detailed information.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
  • Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
  • Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role

  Desirable

  • Moving and Handling
  • Infection Control
  • Customer Care
  • Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies
  • Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Healthcare Support

  Knowledge, experience & expertise

  Essential

  • Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months)
  • Insight into the roles and responsibilities of the post
  • Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
  • Understand the importance of record keeping
  • Literacy Skills
  • IT skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of record keeping

  Communication and relationships (Including management responsibilities)

  Essential

  • Ability to work as a team member
  • Ability to work in a busy environment
  • Able to use own initiative
  • Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
  • Good communication Skills

  Desirable

  • Plan delegated workload

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/Training

  Essential

  • English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
  • Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
  • Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role

  Desirable

  • Moving and Handling
  • Infection Control
  • Customer Care
  • Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies
  • Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Healthcare Support

  Knowledge, experience & expertise

  Essential

  • Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months)
  • Insight into the roles and responsibilities of the post
  • Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
  • Understand the importance of record keeping
  • Literacy Skills
  • IT skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of record keeping

  Communication and relationships (Including management responsibilities)

  Essential

  • Ability to work as a team member
  • Ability to work in a busy environment
  • Able to use own initiative
  • Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
  • Good communication Skills

  Desirable

  • Plan delegated workload

  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

  Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust

  Huddersfield

  HD3 3EA

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust

  Huddersfield

  HD3 3EA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.cht.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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