Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Thinking about joining Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW)? Our Healthcare Support Workers are a vital and valued part of our workforce. You'd be joining an amazing team of Healthcare Support Workers assisting the Nursing Workforce to provide high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job Role requirements:o Minimum NVQ Level 2 in health-related subject or Care Certificate issued by an employer *o GCSE English Level 9-2 (A - E) or equivalento Minimum of 12 months experience of working in a health care setting *The Care Certificate standards define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in health and social care.

The standards were updated in March 2025 to align with sector developments and the introduction of the Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification. There are now 16 standards which need to be competency assessed and signed off by an employer.

For full information see - Care Certificate Standards March 2025 Full time and part time positions available across our services dependant on service need. Interviews will be conducted through a two stage process. Stage 1 will be qualification check on Wednesday 19 or Thursday 20 August .

Eligible applicants will progress to stage 2 a formal interview on Monday 24 August .

About us

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees.

We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Job description

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Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role. If youre interested in applying or would like to learn more about working in our team, wed be happy to hear from you. Please contact the vacancy lead listed in the Further details / informal visits section.

This is a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker post and is therefore not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under current UK immigration requirements. The Trust is therefore unable to sponsor applicants for this role.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING Essential English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g.

NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE Essential Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months) 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .