Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Christchurch Hospital
Town: Christchurch
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Healthcare Support Worker - Hospital at Home OPS service
Band 3
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University Hospitals Dorset , we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m. We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve. In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals. We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce. At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes. Job overview
Hospital at Home is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to join our newly developing service and friendly multi-disciplinary team. Hospital at Home is a service alongside virtual wards specialities within Older Persons Services. Our aim is to provide excellent person-centred holistic care to our service users and their families. Use of a car for transportation is essential. The role involves lone working at times. This post offers the successful candidate incredible opportunity for career development as the service develops, as well as making an impressive impact on the unique service we provide. Flexible working will be discussed during the interview. This is a part-time post of 15 hours per week. This post is being advertised as a Band 3, however, applicants that do not meet the required care certificate competencies will initially be employed as a Band 2. Applicants who hold a care certificate accreditation will start in post at Band 3. Based at: Christchurch Hospital, although traveling is required on a daily basis throughout the BCP locality. Interview date: TBC Main duties of the job
The role will include implementation of care and on-going assessments of patients whose conditions and treatment can be met within their own home or within the community settings safely to prevent them from remaining within the acute settings when deemed appropriate. This includes venepuncture and cannulation. Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. In some cases, this means that a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. Applicants are also welcome to contact Sarah Hedges for further information about the post. Please email Sarah on [emailprotected]. Person specification
Qualifications
Good standard of numeracy and literacy Completion of a competency-based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational level 3 Experience
Ability to adapt and learn in a health care environment Venepuncture and cannulation Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (to understand and be understood) Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Band 3
As
University Hospitals Dorset , we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m. We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve. In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals. We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce. At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes. Job overview
Hospital at Home is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to join our newly developing service and friendly multi-disciplinary team. Hospital at Home is a service alongside virtual wards specialities within Older Persons Services. Our aim is to provide excellent person-centred holistic care to our service users and their families. Use of a car for transportation is essential. The role involves lone working at times. This post offers the successful candidate incredible opportunity for career development as the service develops, as well as making an impressive impact on the unique service we provide. Flexible working will be discussed during the interview. This is a part-time post of 15 hours per week. This post is being advertised as a Band 3, however, applicants that do not meet the required care certificate competencies will initially be employed as a Band 2. Applicants who hold a care certificate accreditation will start in post at Band 3. Based at: Christchurch Hospital, although traveling is required on a daily basis throughout the BCP locality. Interview date: TBC Main duties of the job
The role will include implementation of care and on-going assessments of patients whose conditions and treatment can be met within their own home or within the community settings safely to prevent them from remaining within the acute settings when deemed appropriate. This includes venepuncture and cannulation. Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. In some cases, this means that a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert. Applicants are also welcome to contact Sarah Hedges for further information about the post. Please email Sarah on [emailprotected]. Person specification
Qualifications
Good standard of numeracy and literacy Completion of a competency-based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational level 3 Experience
Ability to adapt and learn in a health care environment Venepuncture and cannulation Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (to understand and be understood) Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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