Health Care Support Worker

We are holding a recruitment event for Band 3 Health Care Support Workers on Monday 30th January 2023 and we would love to receive your application!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to join Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust CommunityPaediatric Bladder and Bowel Servicebased currently managed by the Camden school nursing service.

Working as part of a friendly team, you will be responsible for assisting multi-disciplinary health professionals in the provision of a high quality service for the Baldder and Bowel Service.

The successful aaplicant needs an enthusiasm for continence and an interest to assess patients with their bladder & bowel issues and support the patient in managing their incontinence.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Health Care Support Workers work closely with people who use our services, their families, friends and carers - making an important contribution to how people experience our services. You will be expected to be kind, responsive professional and to contribute to the services we provide by:

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers.
• Providing skilled, evidence based care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
• Working as part of a team implementing care plans or directives overseen by registered nurses and allied health professionals.

Here at Central and North West London NHS Trust we provide an extensive range of specialist health services including Physical Health, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Eating Disorders, Addictions, Sexual Health and Health and Justice across London, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. Our services are mainly provided in the community, hospitals, schools and prisons.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

What we offer

• 27 days’ leave (rising to 29 after 5 and to 33 after 10 years’ service)
• Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities
• Regular ongoing supervision and appraisals with optional coaching available
• Support towards the Continuous Professional Certificate
• Support to complete the Care Certificate
• Generous NHS pension
• Great maternity, paternity and adoption support
• Childcare vouchers
• Access to meaningful discounts and benefits such as cycle and travelcard loans, salary deduction schemes enabling you to buy a car and hundreds of household items whilst spreading the cost over 12 months.

Band 3 Health Care Support Worker work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 3 Health Care Support Workers are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Health Care Assistant role and working closely with Registered Nurses
• contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when implementing care plans
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.