Overview
Are you passionate about patient care and looking to start/develop your career in healthcare? We are recruiting Clinical Support Workers at Bands 2 & 3, offering opportunities for career progression into nursing, allied health professions, or specialist areas such as theatres. We are currently recruiting for Healthcare Support Workers, Therapy Assistants and Theatre Support Workers across Colchester General Hospital. We welcome applications from individuals with or without prior healthcare experience who are eager to build a career in the NHS. Our recruitment approach focuses on supporting your professional growth through Apprenticeship programmes that develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to deliver high-quality patient care. Our assessment day is designed to establish your skills and experience, and to signpost you to the right pathway. If successful you will be offered one of the following pathways:
* Recruitment to band 3 for those with relevant previous NHS experience and/or qualifications, and the opportunity to complete a level 3 apprenticeship
* Recruitment to band 2 to upskill you into clinical care, and the opportunity to complete either a level 3 apprenticeship, or join our level 2 Academy
* Recruitment to a band 2 in our Academy for those new to care or with little prior experience (Please see attached Apprentice Flyer); Academy Starters will need to commit to a start date in line with the Apprenticeship Academy Program
* Have residency status that allows you to work
* Meet pre-employment requirements including ability to provide references to cover the last three years, satisfactory DBS check & Occupational Health requirement
* As you will be working shifts including nights you must be 18 or older at commencement
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Benefits and commitment
* Training and development opportunities
* Flexible working options
* Pension scheme
* Unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
* 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
* NHS discounts
* Staff Health and Wellbeing programme
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