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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
About
Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.
- They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
- In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
- Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
- Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital
They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.
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Healthcare Support Worker - Acute Respiratory Care Unit (Band 2)
Accepting applications until: 22-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 22-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Skipton Road
- Town
- Steeton
- Postcode
- BD20 6TD
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £25,272 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 2)
Specialty
- Main area
- Respiratory
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2033. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Please read the attached AI statement prior to submitting any application
Job overview
Previous applicants do not need to reapply
We have opportunities for reliable, enthusiastic, patient centered and caring individuals to join our Healthcare Assistant team on the Acute Respiratory Care Unit!
The desired candidate must have good communication skills, be able to demonstrate enthusiasm and have a caring and compassionate nature.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation.
Advert
We are proud of our high standard of nursing care and are willing to share our knowledge and skills, however you must be able to demonstrate following values & behaviours:
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VALUES |
BEHAVIOURS |
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· Compassion |
· Listening and Communicating |
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· Commitment to quality of care |
· Honesty and Integrity |
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· Working Together for Patients |
· Supportive and Approachable |
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· Everyone Counts |
· Even Handed & Encouraging |
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· Improving Lives |
· Patient Centred & Compassionate |
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· Respect & Dignity |
· Lead by Example and be Self Aware |
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Possess or be willing to work towards the care certificate
- Be able to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills required for the post
Desirable criteria
- Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care
- Functional skills level 1 numeracy
Experience & Achievements
Essential criteria
- No previous experience required
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a formal care setting or as an informal carer
- Previous experience of dealing with the public
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Understanding of what ‘confidentiality’ is and how you put into practice
- Good listening, written and verbal communication skills
- Be well organised happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Able to follow direct instructions
- Understanding of equality and diversity and how you put it into practice
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate literacy in IT
Documents
- Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 436.6KB)
- HCSW Central Advert (PDF, 63.2KB)
- Information of Wards & Trust (PDF, 2.2MB)
- Values & Behaviours (PDF, 681.3KB)
- Privacy Notice (PDF, 70.0KB)
- Links (PDF, 207.1KB)
- Airedale Recruitment Process Guide (PDF, 142.4KB)
- Trust Inclusion Statement (PDF, 266.4KB)
- Information for Applicants (PDF, 285.5KB)
- Probation Policy (PDF, 323.9KB)
- Airedale Welcome Brochure (PDF, 1.6MB)
- AI Statement (PDF, 304.4KB)
- Applying for a Job (PDF, 286.0KB)
- Disclosure & Barring Policy (PDF, 334.5KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Cobb
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293265
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