Wye Valley NHS Trust Hiring for Health Care Support Worker Virtual Hiring Event at United States Full Time

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

This is a fantastic opportunity to take your first steps into a career in the NHS as a Health Care Support Worker at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

We have a number of full time and part time opportunities available to applicants without previous health care experience, who are wanting to develop a career in health care.

Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity to undertake a Level 2 Apprenticeship (15 – 18 months). This opportunity will provide valuable work experience and upon completion a recognised Healthcare qualification.

You will be given the opportunity to learn the skills and knowledge required to become competent in supporting patients across a wide range of specialties that include roles in both acute and community settings.

This is a great opportunity to gain skills, experience and knowledge for those who may wish to pursue a future career in nursing.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

Examples of what you may do as part of your role:

• Washing and dressing patients
• Serving meals and feeding patients
• Helping patients to move around
• Making beds
• Talking to patients and their families
• Monitoring patient condition

Skills and personal attributes needed:

• Caring and kind
• Cheerful and friendly
• Keen to support patients with their personal needs including washing and toileting
• Able to follow direct instructions
• Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
• Have good listening and communication skills
• Be well organised

Full time and part time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements. This opportunity is available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.

What to prepare

• Photo ID
• Please have your CV prepared
• Watch the below video

Preferred dress code

Business casual (dress pants/skirt, button down/blouse, optional tie)

About Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values – Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Aged 18 to 30 and need support with your application and preparing for your interview with Wye Valley NHS Trust?

Please reach out to The Prince’s Trust at [email protected] with your name, contact details and a copy of your CV, and they will be in touch directly.

For over a decade, The Prince’s Trust has run courses to connect its pipeline of young talent (16-30 years old) into health and social care careers.

In 2019, The Department of Health and Social Care, in collaboration with Health Education England, invested in scaling up the courses as part of its “widening participation” strategy.

The Department gave The Prince’s Trust a four-year grant to support 10,000 young, work-ready people from diverse backgrounds into jobs, helping organisations recruit a workforce reflective of the local community.