Health Care Support Worker (Band 2)

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

We are looking for individuals with or without experience of working in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) opportunities are available at Airedale Hospital in medical and surgical areas. We also have positions at Castleberg Hospital, Settle.

No experience? No problem. We will teach you everything you need to know.

To us, it is more important that you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families day and night. Working as a Healthcare Support Worker in a hospital means you will need to be flexible and able to work various shifts over a 24 hour period.

If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Health Care Support Worker.

Right from the time you join us, you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you will acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.

The Healthcare Support Worker role can also lead to a range of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives., As aHealth Care Support Worker, youwill 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 who need help


• Serving meals and assisting patients to eat


• Helping patients to move around


• Making beds


• Talking to patients and their families


• Monitoring patient conditions


Example shift patterns (worked over a 6 week rota period)

Long Day 7.30am - 7.30pm

Early shift 7.30am - 4.00pm

Early split 7.30am - 2.00pm

Late shift 12.00pm - 8.00pm

Late split 2.00pm - 8.00pm

Night shift 7.30pm - 7.30am

Twilight 3.00pm - 11.00pm

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. Applications from underrepresented groups including LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or disabled people are particularly welcome.


• Strong team ethos


• NHS salary structure & generous pension


• 27 days holiday plus days off for bank holidays worked


• Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours


• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave


• Childcare vouchers


• Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives


• Health service discounts and online benefits


• Health and wellbeing support


• Discounts on public transport


• Disability Confident Reasonable adjustments


• Nightingales on site nursery


This opportunity is only available for candidates who have the right to work in the UK as we are currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role.