Band 2 Health Care Support Worker- Elderly Care

Job overview

Ward 10  is a forward thinking 31 bedded Elderly Medical Ward caring for adults with complex medical and social needs.

We predominantly care for elderly, vulnerable adults where we can offer a safe, secure and dementia friendly environment. As a team, we believe that putting each patient at the heart of all our care, acting with integrity, respecting the individual and a comprehensive multi-disciplinary approach for all our patients.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic , hard working and motivated staff  with excellent communication skills that wish to work with an amazing patient centred caring team.

Main duties of the job

Ward 10 is an elderly care ward with patients that have complex medical and social needs.  We are looking for a caring and compassionate HCSW to join our friendly team who put their patients at the heart of everything they do.

You will be able to  undertake a range of clinical and clerical activities working with support and supervision of the trained nursing team.  To deliver high standards of nursing care and be willing to share our knowledge and skills as well as following the Trusts values and behaviours at all times.

You will be expected to work alongside our experienced nursing team as well as our ward doctors and other multi-disciplinary members who work alongside us in delivering safe effective care.

The successful candidate should be a team player, have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and be able to work under pressure.

In return, we offer to provide support and guidance from all our team and you will have training opportunities as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details of this job vacancy,  please see attached job description and person specification.