Overview
Main area: Nursing and Midwifery. NHS AfC: Band 3. Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time or Part time. Job ref: 828-PROVIDE4043-A. Employer: Provide CIC. Site: Halstead Community Hospital, Halstead, Essex. Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per year.
Job Overview: Are you a caring individual who is passionate about making a difference to patients' lives? Are you flexible and have a positive approach to innovation and improvement? We are looking for a motivated health care support worker to join our 20 bedded intermediate care rehabilitation ward, supporting patients with frailty and complex needs during their rehabilitation journey. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys delivering person-centred care and is eager to learn. Our ward provides holistic, multi-disciplinary care focused on rehabilitation and discharge-to-assess patient care. We are proud of the high standards of care we provide, always placing patients and their families at the centre of everything we do. We promote an inclusive and supportive culture where we work closely together and support each other in what we do. We are a vibrant team with vast experience, encouraging learning, development and new ideas, and a strong learning culture.
Based in the beautiful surroundings of Halstead, our ward offers a welcoming environment where staff are valued and supported to grow.
Responsibilities
* Deliver sensitive, appropriate and high-quality patient care under the direction of qualified nursing staff, respecting the patient’s privacy, dignity and religious and cultural beliefs.
* Maintain and promote a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff, with particular reference to infection control and health and safety.
* Contribute to the effective management of information, handling and exchanging it with care, accuracy and sensitivity, maintaining patient and clinical confidentiality at all times.
* Assist in maintaining stores at agreed levels and ensure that repairs and replacements are ordered by appropriate reporting.
* Maintain and promote effective communication within the multidisciplinary care team and with other colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors.
* Provide personal care to patients.
* Monitor observations including heart rate and blood pressure; calculate and escalate observations as per NEWS scoring system to appropriate staff.
* Support patients with regaining mobility and ability as per therapy goals.
* Wound observation and monitoring of skin integrity; wound Dressings and care.
* Support with nutrition, with knowledge of modified diets and fluids; monitor input and output and escalate as appropriate.
* Continence care and catheter care. Collect urine samples (MSUs and CSUs) and perform urinalysis.
* Phlebotomy; perform and record blood glucose monitoring; stoma care; microbiology swabbing; perform ECGs.
* Assist in providing emotional/psychological support to patients and their families.
* Support and train bank/agency staff; maintain and order supplies of clinical equipment.
* Carry out monitoring and auditing related to infection prevention and NEWS scoring.
* Provide support to trained staff and complete assessments in care plans under RN supervision (falls assessments, bed rail assessments and incontinence assessments).
* Assist with the admission and discharge of patients to/from the ward.
Qualifications
* Essential: English and Maths qualification.
* Experience: Care Certificate; 2+ years care experience.
Additional information
* How will we contact you? All correspondence will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Check email regularly to ensure filters allow our messages.
* Closing date: 22/04/2026 23:59. Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date.
* Equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. We support flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
* Professional UK clinical registration may be required; if so, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of employment.
* COVID-19 vaccination: Provide encourages vaccination including boosters; continues to support best defence for patients and colleagues.
* Disability: If you require assistance or more time to complete your application or attend an interview, contact HR Services.
* Work Trials: Check eligibility with Job Centre Plus if interested.
#J-18808-Ljbffr