We are looking for Healthcare Support Workers to join our award winning stroke service.
Over the past 20 years stroke care has changed dramatically. Stroke is now treated as a medical emergency, where time is brain, and our service has developed to reflect this.
Our needs lead service admitting patients aged 18 upwards comprises of a dynamic multi disciplinary team, including research staff, that deliver evidence based patient centred care along our stroke pathway, from admission through to discharge to the community.
If you are interested in stroke care and want to be part of this busy, dynamic, innovative research active stroke service then we would love you to join our successful team.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Responsibilities
Our successful candidate will be responsible for the direct patient care, focussing on the specific needs of the individual. This will include:
- All aspects of personal care.
- Adherence to Infection Prevention policies.
- General cleanliness and tidiness on the ward.
- Maintaining effective communication with the patients, their relatives and professional colleagues.
You will be directly supervised and supported by a Registered Nurse.
We provide a 4 week full time induction programme covering all you need to know to contribute to patient care on our wards. You must be able to attend the Academy within 3 months of your interview.
We would love to hear from you and can guarantee that as a Healthcare Support Worker, no two days will ever be the same.
For more information on working for our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sandra Hindmarsh Job title: Ward Manager Email address: sandra.hindmarsh1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01904 726123
