Care Support Worker

Job Title: Care Support Worker

Trust Location: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

Pay Rates: £12.35 - £21.51 per hour

*Pay rates may vary depending on Trust, experience, any incentives that are running, and are subject to change*

Are you searching for a career/job that gives you control of your day, time and location?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits:

· Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week

· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

· Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime

· Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

· First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency

· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

· Training and development opportunities

· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

· Stakeholder pension scheme available

About the Trust – Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL), rated ‘Good’ in their most recent CQC report, are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. The Trust provides a number of specialist services, including orthopaedic, musculoskeletal (MSK), ophthalmology and rheumatology. Nestled between Manchester and Liverpool, with excellent transport links, WWL is ideally located to enjoy both country and city life.

Popular shift patterns are available, such as 07.30 – 15.30 and 20.45 – 07.45, but our Trusts are open to different start/finish times and lines of work (e.g. short-shifts during school hours).

What you’ll be responsible for:

· Assessing and monitoring patient conditions

· Recognising, responding to, and managing emergency situations

· Plan, deliver and evaluate standards of evidence-based care

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

You’ll have the following qualification/experience:

• Care Support Worker/Health Care Assistant experience in a hospital /Hospice setting within the last 2 years.
• Level 2 Care Certificate
• Empathetic and caring nature
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
• Maintain acceptable standards of practice
• Flexible in approach to service needs
• Treat people with dignity and respect
• Resilience to deal with potentially distressing situations

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills*

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Zero hours contract

Salary: £12.35-£21.51 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• No weekends
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Work Location: One location