Bank Dementia Enhanced Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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“Please note that we do not offer Sponsorship for this role and kindly do not re-apply if you have applied within the last 6 months.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working as a Bank Healthcare Support Worker within the Dementia Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will provide flexible support to ensure adequate staffing for dementia patients, offering person-centred physical and emotional care. The position requires previous experience in dementia care and excellent communication skills to support patients, families, and carers.
Key responsibilities
- Provide optimal care specifically for Dementia Patients.
- Work Bank shifts alongside the Admiral Nurse led Dementia Team.
- Establish and maintain effective communications in complex and sensitive situations.
- Deliver person-centred care, offering physical and emotional support to patients living with Dementia.
- Support patients' family and carers.
Essential criteria
- Literacy level 1 or equivalent (GSCE D-G, 3-6)
- Numberacy level 1 or equivalent (GCSE D-G, 3-6)
- ESOL Level 1 or equivalent (if English not first language)
- Previous experience in a Health/Health and Social Care role
- Able to demonstrate current knowledge and identify own learning needs
- To be able to demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust Values
- Good written and verbal communication in the English language
- Able to work without direct supervision
- Able to work within a team
- Effective patient/client care skills
- Able to meet the minimum skill set within the first 12 months of appointment with support and development where required (list of skills as defined in generic competency framework)
- Ability to adjust to pressures of the job in a changing environment
- Good interpersonal skills
- Willingness to undertake further training
- Be able to demonstrate patience, dependability and motivation
- Be able to take instruction/direction
- Motivation to meet the patients needs for self and others
- Ability to demonstrate confidentiality and trust worthiness
- A willingness to be flexible and part of a team
- Ability to juggle many priorities at one time, whilst remaining calm
- Should be willing to work flexible hours on occassion
Desirable criteria
- IT Literate
- Literacy level 2 or equivalent (GSCE A-C, 9-7)
- Numeracy level 2 or equivalent (GSCE A-C, 9-7)
- ESOL level 2 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award
- Previous NHS experience
- Understanding NHS/Social care systems
- n/a
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Dementia Enhanced Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust aims to ensure that all wards and departments are always adequately staffed, by providing a pool of experienced and passionate Bank Healthcare Support Workers to support our provision of optimal care, specifically for our Dementia Patients.
We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to work Bank shifts alongside the Admiral Nurse led Dementia Team within Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
After a qualifying period,our Bank Dementia Team offers extremely flexible working hours to accommodate a balanced home/work schedule - with a range of earlies, lates, twilights, nights and school hours - 7 days a week.
Main duties of the job
The individual, in their application, must be able to evidence and demonstrate previous experience of Dementia Care within a care setting, for a minimum of 12 months. You will have excellent communication skills to establish and maintain effective communications relating to complex, sensitive and potentially stressful situations on a regular basis.
You will be dynamic in your approach to delivering person centred care, offering physical and emotional support to patients living with Dementia and supporting their family and carers.
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