Health Care Support Worker - Gilwern Ward

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Wye Valley NHS Trust Health Care Support Worker - Gilwern Ward

The closing date is 12 November 2026

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Job summary

Health Care Support Worker - Permanent, Band 2 -Gilwern Trauma Ward

Gilwern trauma Ward has 16 beds caring for Trauma and Orthopaedic patients.

The ward will receive all Trauma Patients from A&E and clinics and also repatriated patients. The successful candidates will be expected to provide a high standard of care, have excellent communication skills and to be able to effectively respond to changing situations.

All new staff are supported by experienced staff and there are array of learning opportunities and training in new skills available. If you are up for a challenge please apply.

Main duties of the job

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
• 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. 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.

About us

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

Details

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-SUR-8397206

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Rd

Hereford,

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view detailed Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see attached supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
• Willingness to undertake the Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications if not already obtained

Desirable

• Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care

Experience

Essential

• Working with people

Desirable

• Previous experience working in a care enviroment

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information

Other Factors

Essential

• Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions tat may be required

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Desirable

• Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
• Keyboard skills

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
• Willingness to undertake the Maths and English Functional Skills qualifications if not already obtained

Desirable

• Willingness to work towards Apprenticeship level 2/3 in Health & Social Care

Experience

Essential

• Working with people

Desirable

• Previous experience working in a care enviroment

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information

Other Factors

Essential

• Able to meet moving and handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions tat may be required

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Desirable

• Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibilities within clinical setting
• Keyboard skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Rd

Hereford,

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Rd

Hereford,

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Gilwern Ward Sister

Rebecca Morgan

[email protected]

01432355444

Details

Date posted

02 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-SUR-8397206

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Rd

Hereford,

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

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