Apprentice Senior Healthcare Support Worker

The Apprentice Senior Healthcare Support Worker is a core member of the team delivering direct care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high-quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan. You will be helping patients with daily living tasks such as:

Helping patients feel comfortable and move around Monitoring patients and performing basic health checks Washing, dressing patients and helping them go to the toilet Serving meals and helping to feed patients

Upon successful completion of clinical skills training, as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker, you will also be expected to carry out a range of clinical duties with minimal / no supervision, including:

Blood pressure monitoring Oxygen saturation levels Body temperature Pulse rate and respiration rate Glucose monitoring Wound swab Collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples

Whilst completing these tasks, the underlining aim is to deliver high-quality patient care at all times.

Training:

On successful completion of your apprenticeship you will gain:

Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship (Level 3) City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Functional Skills Level 2 - maths and English (if applicable)

Apprenticeship Training will take place at our hospital site in Southmead. Off-the-job hours will be allocated at the start and include training days (1 day per month) in our Learning and Research Centre.

Training Outcome:

The ‘Apprentice Senior Healthcare Support Worker’ training role supports ‘new to care’ candidates developing into a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker role.

On successful completion of this apprenticeship, you could progress onto higher level apprenticeship opportunities including the Student Nursing Associate or 4 year Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship.

Employer Description:
There are over 12,000 reasons why North Bristol NHS Trust is a place to be #NBTProud of. We support and care for every member of staff, every carer, every visitor, and will always put the patient first.

Working Hours :
Shift patterns across the weeks which may include evenings, nights and weekends.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Customer care skills,Team working,Patience,Physical fitness