Healthcare Support Worker | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

We have great opportunity for Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) to join our #Team OUH in Theatres and Inpatient ward areas. This post does not qualify for visa Sponsorship.

We are looking for individuals who are motivated, passionate about healthcare, and want to deliver care with empathy, supporting patients and their families. We deliver exceptional patient care with compassion and respect and make a real difference in patients' lives and want to recruit candidates who are aligned with our values in the way they deliver patients care, and work with colleagues in our diverse teams.

Successful candidates will be willing to learn and contribute, in multidisciplinary teams to deliver compassionate excellence for patients and team outcomes with kindness.

Whether you are new to healthcare or an experienced Healthcare Support Worker, we have a clear onboarding framework to support you to settle into your new role, complete the Care Certificate via our HCSW onboarding programme, local competencies, and development to support your growth and progression.

Successful candidates will be appointed at band 2 or 3 depending on qualification, experience, and interview outcome. Link graded Band 2/3 offers will require completion of HCSW Onboarding programme, Trust probation, Care certificate & local competency sign off and Manager approval to progress. This may include further competitive process where more colleagues are interested in one vacancy.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Ready to make a difference? We would love to hear from you, come and be part of a team that values kindness, empathy, and respect and start your Healthcare Career with us!

As the Healthcare Support Worker you will:

• Provide personal care for our patients, including washing, dressing, toileting and assisting with mobilising and feeding
• Assist registered members of staff to deliver a high standard of care to patients in the ward/clinical area demonstrating compassion, kindness, and sensitivity.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.
• Work as part of the team, under the supervision of trained nurses, assisting with delivery of planned health care, to meet physical, psychological, and social needs of the patients.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and learning from successes and setbacks
• Evidence commitment to the Oxford University Hospitals vision and values

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel.

Please refer to the full job and person specification for full details. The healthcare support worker will be expected to undertake the following duties under the supervision of a registered practitioner:

• Assist all patients with their personal care needs, empowering patients or families/carers and actively encouraging participation. This may involve maintaining hygiene needs for individuals such as helping patients to wash and dress themselves and assisting with…