• Job Description

  Req#: C9327-24-0662?language=en&page=517&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  As aWard Assistant, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Facilities teams providing support to ward care, the catering team and the housekeeping team.

  You will need to be:

  Caring and kind

  Cheerful and friendly

  Able to follow instructions

  Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative

  Have good listening and communication skills

  Main duties of the job

  • Contributing to the cleanliness of the ward
    • making beds
    • tidying rooms
    • re-stocking supplies
  • Assisting with food and drink preparation
    • refilling water jugs
    • setting tables
    • clearing plates and cutlery
  • Recreational support
    • providing encouragement for patients
    • taking patients out to the garden
    • helping patients settle in
  • Administration
    • Answer the door for visitors
    • Showing visitors to the right room to see a patient
    • Answering the telephone

  The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

  About us

  We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

  The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

  • 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
  • 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
  • 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
  • 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

  Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

  Date posted

  16 May 2024

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £22,383 a year per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  327-24-431

  Job locations

  Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

  Lister Road

  Dursley

  GL11 4BA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

  Person Specification

  Essential

  Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Experience of being customer or patient facing
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • work as part of a team and independently

  Desirable

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of infection control
  • Evidence of commitment to training and learning

  Person Specification

  Essential

  Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Experience of being customer or patient facing
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • work as part of a team and independently

  Desirable

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of infection control
  • Evidence of commitment to training and learning

  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

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

  Lister Road

  Dursley

  GL11 4BA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

  Lister Road

  Dursley

  GL11 4BA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (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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