Care Support Worker

Location/Trust:Mid Yorkshire Trust

Wards Covered:General Acute, Assessment, Elderly Care and Emergency Medicine

Pay Rates:  Band 2

 

The Opportunity:

Do you want first choice of shifts at a newly merged trust offering a range of highly specialist services to patients across the West Yorkshire? 

Do you want more flexibility and a better work-life balance?  

Would you like to earn some extra money, on a weekly basis, at a very competitive pay rate? 

 

The Role:

 

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Care Support Worker to join the NHSP staff bank at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. You will have access to first choice of shifts to suit your lifestyle, with the opportunity to bring your skills to a leading trust, renowned for their friendly culture, person-centred care, specialist services and convenient location.

 

Providing acute hospital and community-based healthcare services to a population of around 430,000 to 512,000 people in West Yorkshire, why not join a dedicated team of over 8000 staff who deliver outstanding care and work together to achieve the highest possible standards for their patients.

Mid Yorkshire Trust Hospitals are Pinderfields in Wakefield, Dewsbury and District Hospital and Pontefract. 

Working for NHSP at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust gives you the opportunity to work across a variety of wards, building rapport and improving your skills. Wards such as

  • A&E/Emergency Department

  • General Acute

  • Emergency Assessment Unit

  • Elderly Care/ Palliative

 

In return for your hard work and NHSP can offer you some fantastic benefits: –

  • Competitive Pay Rates 

  • First choice of shifts at your Trust – Access to shifts before they are available to agency  

  • Flexible working to suit your lifestyle – Take control of when you want to work

  • Build holiday allowance for every shift you work 

  • Book and manage your shifts on the go – Access shifts anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

  • Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime on 03332 407 552

  • Stakeholder pension scheme

 

 

Skills/Responsibilities 

 

To apply for this post, you will:

  • Have a minimum of 6 months paid experience as a Care Support Worker/ Healthcare Assistant from an acute hospital or from a Care or Nursing Home environment within the last 2 yearsThis is an essential requirement.

  

  • Achieved an NVC Level 2 in Health and Social Care with accredited certification. This is an essential requirement.

 

  • Keep up to date with current Care Support / Healthcare practices including understanding and recording accurate Patient Observations.

  • Undertake regular mandatory training

  • Be proficient in the delivery of care to patients

  • Ensure safe administration of drugs in accordance with NMC and MYFT policies

  • Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with Mid Yorkshire Trust policy and NMC guidelines

  • Carry outnursing auxiliary procedures and techniques in accordance with agreed policies and standards

 

 

 

Register today for various flexible shifts, you choose when you want to work.

 

For more information on the role or details on how to join NHS Professionals, simply get in touch with Kerry Fox; Trust Recruitment Coordinator, via phone 0333 0144283 or via email Mid.Yorks@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

 

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

 

 

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.  

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS. 

 

 

 

 

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. 

 

 

06/02/2023