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Permanent Healthcare Support Worker Opportunities

Job details
Posting date: 12 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 12 May 2024
Location: Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Company: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6224434/180-HCSW-249008-RE1

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Summary

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) Opportunities

We are looking for individuals who, like us, believe our values Together – Safe Kind Excellent are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. Whether you are an experienced Healthcare Support Worker or just starting out in care, if you are caring, compassionate and looking for a new challenge, then we will have a role for you to take the next steps in your healthcare career.

Further development opportunities for you

CUH is committed to education, training and development; joining as a Healthcare Support Worker will enable you to access the following:
• Completion of the National Care Certificate
• Skills development
• Access to Functional skills in English and maths training to enhance knowledge and confidence in literacy and numeracy and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
• All new staff will receive further details about development routes on their induction programme

Main Duties:

As a Healthcare Support Worker you will assist the Registered Nurses in the delivery of care to our patients , you will work as part of a team ensuring our patients are cared for in a Kind, Safe and Excellent way, ensuring they are treated with dignity at all times.

About the Role:

The role is varied, equally challenging and rewarding. You will have the opportunity to really make a difference to the experience of patients. Full time and part time posts will be considered, and shifts include long days, nights, weekends, and public holidays. Our HCSW's will need the flexibility to cover varied shift patterns.

As part of this role you will be required to:
• Support to serve meals to patients
• Provide personal care to patients
• Take observations such as blood pressure measurements, pulse, urinalysis and temperature.
• Support patients with moving in their clinical area
• All other clinical duties as required

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together- safe, kind, excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

As a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) you will work under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional, usually a Nurse or Midwife, to ensure safe, kind and compassionate care for patients.

CUH offers a comprehensive four week clinical support staff induction programme and support to achieve the National Care Certificate. This will equip you to find your feet within the organisation and quickly feel like a valued member of the clinical team/s. Please note it is mandatory to attend every day of the induction programme.

We are currently recruiting for a wide variety of adult wards, please indicate if you have a preference for a speciality during your interview. Please note ward allocations will be offered based upon current vacancies within the trust.

As per Home Office guidelines. Please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position.

Please note due to induction restrictions student visa holders are unable to undertake this position.

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
For further details of our fantastic benefits please refer to the attachment below - CUH Benefits.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

Stagecoach is currently offering free bus travel between the Babraham and Trumpington Park and Ride sites and CUH. In addition to that there are further discounts available for NHS and CUH staff.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.


This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024

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