You should be enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, and able to manage time well. Excellent communication skills and good documentation standards are essential, along with a commitment to kindness.

You will deliver patient care under nurse supervision, ensuring effective communication, flexibility, and documentation while providing compassionate support for a comfortable hospital experience.

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust delivers a variety of healthcare services across its hospitals, including Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Their mission is to provide high-quality, patient-centered care, focusing on improving health outcomes and patient experiences. They aim to achieve clinical excellence through innovation, compassionate care, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our busy 10 bedded Women’s Surgical Ward which incorporates Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit. Ward 33 cares for patients with both Gynaecological and Surgical conditions. The Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit (EGAU) is also open 24/7, running clinics as well as taking referrals from ED and GP's amongst other Healthcare settings. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to support our patients and staff in both areas. If you are enthusiastic, well motivated and able to work in a fast paced environment we would love to hear from you. You will be responsible for delivering high quality patient care with direct supervision from the registered nurse. Excellent communication skills, flexibility and time management are essential skills needed for this post to ensure the patient’s journey through their hospital stay is as comfortable as possible. Good standards of documentation are expected along with a commitment to working in a kind and compassionate manner. In return for your care, passion and commitment to this speciality we will actively support your education and development. MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East. Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicki Paris Job title: Ward Manager Email address: v.paris@nhs.net Telephone number: 01892 638982

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our busy 10 bedded Women’s Surgical Ward which incorporates Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit.Ward 33 cares for patients with both Gynaecological and Surgical conditions.The Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit (EGAU) is also open 24/7, running clinics as well as taking referrals from ED and GP's amongst other Healthcare settings.The successful applicant will have the opportunity to support our patients and staff in both areas. If you are enthusiastic, well motivated and able to work in a fast paced environment we would love to hear from you.You will be responsible for delivering high quality patient care with direct supervision from the registered nurse. Excellent communication skills, flexibility and time management are essential skills needed for this post to ensure the patient’s journey through their hospital stay is as comfortable as possible. Good standards of documentation are expected along with a commitment to working in a kind and compassionate manner.In return for your care, passion and commitment to this speciality we will actively support your education and development.MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicki Paris Job title: Ward Manager Email address: v.paris@nhs.net Telephone number: 01892 638982

Healthcare Support Worker - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

&lt;strong&gt;An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our busy 10 bedded Women’s Surgical Ward which incorporates Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Ward 33 cares for patients with both Gynaecological and Surgical conditions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit (EGAU) is also open 24/7, running clinics as well as taking referrals from ED and GP's amongst other Healthcare settings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The successful applicant will have the opportunity to support our patients and staff in both areas. If you are enthusiastic, well motivated and able to work in a fast paced environment we would love to hear from you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will be responsible for delivering high quality patient care with direct supervision from the registered nurse. Excellent communication skills, flexibility and time management are essential skills needed for this post to ensure the patient’s journey through their hospital stay is as comfortable as possible. Good standards of documentation are expected along with a commitment to working in a kind and compassionate manner.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In return for your care, passion and commitment to this speciality we will actively support your education and development.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vicki Paris Job title: Ward Manager Email address: v.paris@nhs.net Telephone number: 01892 638982

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