Hiring Process at NHS Healthcare Support Workers

To help keep our patients and service users safe, you’ll be required to undertake some basic nursing training in the Healthcare Support Worker role. You will also work towards completing the Care Certificate, which is currently being offered on a ‘fast track’ basis with the opportunity to complete it in your first few weeks. As you develop, you’ll be given more responsibility and you’ll have the opportunity to gain qualifications and progress, should you want to. This, plus the experience you gain, will help you if you’re planning to take your career to the next level.

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15 November 2020

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What qualifications and care experience do I need to be a Mental Health Support Worker?

Asked by NHS Healthcare Support Workers 15 November 2020

It doesn’t matter if you’ve got no experience of working in healthcare, the Mental Health Support Worker role doesn’t require it. You’ll be offered all the training you need to be able to do the job once you start in the role.Employers will probably ask that you have a good standard of literacy (English) and numeracy (maths). During the recruitment process employers may ask you to do a short test to demonstrate this. To help keep our patients and service users safe, you’ll be required to undertake some basic nursing training in the Mental Health Support Worker role. You will also work towards completing the Care Certificate, which is currently being offered on a ‘fast track’ basis, with the opportunity to complete it in your first few weeks. As you develop, you’ll be given more responsibility and you’ll have the opportunity to gain qualifications and progress. This, plus the experience you gain, will help you if you’re planning to take your career to the next level.Employers are always looking for people with transferable skills who can bring life experience and insights from working in other sectors. So don’t rule yourself out because you have a non-traditional background, or because you don’t have clinical or degree-level qualifications. And it doesn’t matter what stage you’re at in your life…whether you’re just starting in the world of work, or whether you’re later on in life and looking for a new challenge or a career change. Being a Mental Health Support Worker is about attitude and teamwork. There are more tips and advice on improving your chances of finding a job in healthcare here on the NHS Health Careers Website healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/improving-your-chances

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Do you need experience to apply

Asked 23 September 2020

It also doesn’t matter if you’ve got no experience of working in healthcare, you’ll be offered all the training you need to be able to do the job once you start in the role. To help keep our patients and service users safe, you’ll be required to undertake some basic nurse training in the Healthcare Support Worker role. You’ll also work towards completing the Care Certificate, which is currently being offered on a ‘fast track’ basis with the opportunity to complete it in four weeks.As you develop, you’ll be given more responsibility and you’ll have the opportunity to gain qualifications and progress. This, plus the experience you gain, will help you if you’re planning to take your career to the next level.We’re always looking for people with transferable skills who can bring life experience and insights from working in other sectors. So don’t rule yourself out just because you have a non-traditional background, or because you don’t have clinical or degree-level qualifications.And it doesn’t matter what stage you’re at in your life….whether you’re just starting out in the world of work, or whether you’re later on in life and looking for a new challenge or a career change. Being a Healthcare Support Worker is about attitude and teamwork

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5 November 2020

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Do I need to have qualifications to work for the NHS?

Asked 22 September 2020

There are no set entry requirements to become a Healthcare Support Worker, but good literacy (English) and numeracy (maths) skills are expected, and in some cases GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and maths are required too. You may need a healthcare qualification such as a BTEC or NVQ for some of our roles, although many don’t require any qualifications.You’ll be offered all the training you need to be able to do the job once you start in the role.To help keep our patients and service users safe, you’ll be required to undertake some basic nurse training in the Healthcare Support Worker role. You’ll also work towards completing the Care Certificate, which is currently being offered on a ‘fast track’ basis with the opportunity to complete it in four weeks.As you develop, you’ll be given more responsibility and you’ll have the opportunity to gain qualifications and progress. This, plus the experience you gain, will help you if you’re planning to take your career to the next level.We’re always looking for people with transferable skills who can bring life experience and insights from working in other sectors. So don’t rule yourself out just because you have a non-traditional background, or because you don’t have clinical or degree-level qualifications.And it doesn’t matter what stage you’re at in your life….whether you’re just starting out in the world of work, or whether you’re later on in life and looking for a new challenge or a career change. Being a Healthcare Support Worker is about attitude and teamwork.

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5 November 2020

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