Course description

Are you a job seeker living in Epping Forest or Broxbourne? Would you like to work as a Healthcare Support Worker at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, in Harlow? We are looking for enthusiastic jobseekers, to train to become Healthcare Support Workers.

This fully accredited course will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, care homes, domiciliary care, and community support. This programme provides the foundation for a meaningful and impactful career in healthcare. You'll develop your professional skills and knowledge of the healthcare sector, supported by leading hiring employers. You'll benefit from real-world advice and guidance from employers, and gain a unique insight into their organisation, services and open vacancies!

This four week training programme links to guarenteed interviews at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, and could also lead on to roles such Care Assistants, Mental Health Support Workers, Health Care Support and more! This course is free of all charge to learners enrolled on the prorgamme.

Key Dates

Course starting:

August

Course length:

4 weeks Monday - Friday

Certified Awarding:

OpenAwards

Lesson times:

9.30am - 2.30am

About The Employer

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ more than 4,000 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

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Bob Smith,

Hiring Manager

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Our Role & Vacancies

We are looking for enthusiastic jobseekers, to train to become Healthcare Support Workers. Working under the direction of qualified nurses/midwives, Healthcare Support Workers carry out a range of housekeeping duties, and basic medical checks, such as taking a patient’s temperature, pulse and respiration rate. This is a fantastic opportunity that offers career development and progression!

Our Role

Role:

Healthcare
Support Worker

Salary:

£24,937pa
(When Band 3)

Hours Per Week

Up to 37.5 pw

Register Your Interest!

Interested in elevating your career, and exploring exciting new career opportunities in the NHS and social care sector? Register now - it's free of charge, and the HireMe team will be in touch!

Why do this course:

  • This course is perfect for indiviuals that wish to explore exciting new career pathways in the next NHS or health and social care sector!
  • You may have a little experience of working in social care, or perhaps have experience of caring for a family member or relative - and wish to build on these care giving skills and your compassionate nature. You might have worked previously in health and social care, and are curious about switching careers into the NHS? Or, you might not have any professional experiendce - which is fine!
  • This course will help you to develop new industry skils and grow your professional knowledge and understanding of the roles and opportunities.
  • You'll benefit from employability coaching and build a new peer network of likelmined, learners.
  • Most importantly, you'll gain interview experience - interviewing with our network NHS employers!
  • There is no charge to this course.

What will I learn?

Build an exciting, new professional network!

This course will connect you to leading health and social care employers, who offer career advice and guidance, sharpening your ambitions and sharing industry insights.

Earn a recognised healthcare qualification - enhance your CV and career prospects

You'll earn a Health & Social Care qualifcation, supporting your professional development.

Earn the Care Certificate

You'll also earn the Care Certifcate - a fast-track theory course, that smartly reduces the 'study time' when you employed at induction stage (making you more employable!).

Benfit from a package of soft skills coaching

The HireMe team will improve your CV, and suport your job application (Trac), providing valuable interview practice and preperation.

You gain an inside understanding of the NHS recruitment process, learn the values of the hiring organisation, and understand the essential and desirables needs of the role.

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This course introduces you to our roles, values and commitment to patient care.

Karen Kingsmill77,

Outreach and Retention Resourcing Partner

Certification By
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Register your interest!

Ready to take the first step toward a fulfilling healthcare career? Register your interest today and be the first to hear about upcoming training opportunities and vacancies at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Your journey

  1. Stage 1: Course Introduction

    HireMe NHS starts with a deep-dive into health careers. Explore exciting new career opportunities and develop an understanding of NHS career pathways.

  2. Stage 2: One-To-One Career Support

    Work with the HireMe team to reboot your CV and enhance your work readiness. Gain confidence and a fresh understanding of local career opportunities.

  3. Stage 3: Professional Development

    Our experienced NHS tutors will provide a new backbone of support, offering you an Award in Health and social care.

  4. Stage 4: Care Certificate

    You will gain the Care Certif icate (theory course) - helping you to understand the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the NHS. These eight Standards contribute to your full certificate.

  5. Stage 5: Gaurenteed Interviews!

    You will be connected to relevant vacancies within the health and social care sectors: we will arrange interviews with our network of hiring employers!

Register your interest!

Ready to take the first step toward a fulfilling healthcare career? Register your interest today and be the first to hear about upcoming training opportunities and vacancies at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Supporting Employer
University-hospitel
Location:
Harlow, Essex
Established:
1994
Company size:
3,600
Web:
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Ready to take the first step toward a fulfilling healthcare career? Register your interest today and be the first to hear about upcoming training opportunities and vacancies at Princess Alexandra Hospital.