Pastoral Care Support Worker

This vacancy is open exclusively to internal applicants currently employed by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Band 3: £15,456 - £16,485

Part time hours: 22.5 per week

Base: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, PO6 3LY

Job Overview

Are you passionate about supporting staff wellbeing and developing the Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) workforce?

We are seeking a compassionate, motivated individual to join our Corporate Nursing Workforce Team and share our commitment to delivering outstanding care.

This is an exciting new role focused on providing pastoral support, guidance and development opportunities for HCSWs at all stages of their journey - from recruitment through to ongoing professional growth.

You will play a key role in ensuring our HCSWs feel valued, supported and empowered, enabling them to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients. This is a role for someone who genuinely cares about people and wants to make a meaningful difference to the experience of our frontline workforce

Key Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral support to both new and existing HCSWs, supporting wellbeing and retention.
• Support recruitment and retention events, promoting the HCSW role.
• Assist HCSWs in their training, education and clinical practice, supporting achievement of national standards.
• Act as a positive role model, promoting Trust values and high standards of care.
• Work collaboratively with the Senior Sister/Senior Charge Nurse and wider workforce team.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe, inclusive and supportive clinical environment.

For further details, please see enclosed full Job Description.

For informal discussion or enquiries please contact Andrea Smart via email [email protected] or any member of the Nursing Workforce team on [email protected].

Should this post receive high number of applicants this role may close early.