# Senior Healthcare Support Worker

**Company**: Barts Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £31554.00 to £33270.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Royal London Hospital is looking to recruit a Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) Band 3 who will work in Ward 11c, (Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit).

This post is open to individuals who are both experienced Healthcare Support Workers as well as attracting individuals who are new to care.

You will receive support to complete the Band 3 competencies and progress into a Band 3 role within 6 months upon successful completion of all required competencies; until then, you will be placed at a Band 2 salary.

We are looking for compassionate and motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care in a hospital setting.

The role involves undertaking a range of delegated clinical tasks, such as:

- Patient observations (e.g., monitoring vital signs)

- Assisting with personal care and mobility

- Supporting patients' nutritional and hydration needs

- Undertaking limited range of delegated duties (e.g. taking blood pressure, recording ECG, MRSA screening)

- Simple wound dressings

- Strong teamworking and communication skills are essential to ensure the comfort, wellbeing, and safety of our patients.

The post holder will be an integral part of the nursing team actively taking part in meeting the needs of patients and of the service in accordance with agreed standards under direct supervision of the registered nurse.

The post holder will continue to develop essential competencies though training and practice to ensure safety and quality are the priority.

As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

## Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral part of the nursing team actively taking part in meeting the needs of patients and of the service in accordance with agreed standards under direct supervision of the registered nurse.

## About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

## Benefits

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Permanent contract

- Full-time working pattern

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## Skills

### Required
- patient observations
- personal care and mobility
- nutritional and hydration needs
- delegated duties
- simple wound dressings
- teamworking and communication skills

### Nice to have
- Level 2 support worker Apprenticeship
- Prepared to undertake further training to develop the necessary competencies and skills
- Depending on specific service arrangements, to supervise and train more junior staff

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