Job Summary
Want to be part of a great care story?
How would you like to work for a trust where you are supported by your team and senior managers? Would you like to have time to deliver the care you feel your patients deserve? Would you like to be given the opportunity to develop the skills required to care for the increasing demands of patients who are cared for in the modern NHS.
Come and work for us. We care for patients with a multitude of conditions from wound care, neurological problems to end of life care. We work closely with GP and Social care partners to enable us to make shared decisions and plans about how we best use our collective skills and resources.
We are recruiting HCAs to work at Cottage Ward
We will offer you a full induction and training support package tailored to the needs of the right candidates.
There are full and part time posts available.
This post requires working rotational shifts.
Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.
Main duties of the job
Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.
As a Healthcare Support Worker you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our focus is promoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enabling them to live as independently as possible. Pershore is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice.
Our support workers are required to support the nurses in the running of the ward, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life.
Successful applicants will be expected to work a variety of shifts over a 7-day period including days and nights and weekends.
About Us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
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Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata for part time
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9798-1490
Job locations
Cottage Ward, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in a care environment
Essential
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to provide limited delegated clinical duties to patients e.g. patient observations.
* Ability to work with minimal supervision
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour
* Role modelling good behaviour
* A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
Qualifications
Essential
* Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment.
* Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in Trust.
* Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Person Specification
Essential
* Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment.
* Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in Trust.
* Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
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
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Cottage Ward, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Cottage Ward, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
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