Western Sussex Hospitals is a leading acute hospital trust, with rewarding career opportunities for caring, committed and innovative people, who wish to be valued for their work and empowered to improve the services we provide. Here are few reasons to join us:
Outstanding – we are the first acute hospital trust to have received the health watchdog’s highest rating in all key inspection areas. CQC October 2019
Top 10 – Western Sussex Hospitals is one the best hospital trusts to work for, according to the NHS Staff Survey, and among the top ten trusts in England where staff are most likely to recommend the care their colleagues provide. (NHS Staff Survey 2018)
Leading organisation – Western Sussex Hospitals is led by NHS Chief Executive of the Year Dame Marianne Griffiths (HSJ Awards 2016 | No.1 HSJ Top CEO 2018 & 2019) and is renowned for outstanding care, excellent staff engagement, innovation and learning.
More about us - Western Sussex is an acute trust with three hospitals; Worthing Hospital and St Richard’s in Chichester provide emergency, inpatient and outpatient care; and Southlands in Shoreham-by-Sea provides outpatient care and day surgery.
Patient First - in 2015 the trust’s Patient First programme was launched to empower colleagues to make lasting changes that benefit patients and to ensure we continue to improve patient care with lean management best practice at every level of the trust. Improvement huddles are just one example of extensive and ongoing cultural change that makes Western Sussex an exciting place to work.
‘On 1st April 2021, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be merging with Brighton, Sussex University Hospitals to form a new NHS Foundation Trust that will bring together the very best of both organisations to innovate and improve the health of our communities and deliver outstanding, compassionate care locally whilst increasing the opportunities for specialised services to flourish in Sussex
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Healthcare Assistants – with experience, St Richards and Worthing Hospital
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) with experience and a qualification in Health to join our teams at St Richards and Worthing Hospitals.
We are looking for kind, caring, compassionate and motivated HCAs who would like to develop their experience and knowledge in a hospital setting. Our HCAs are at the heart of care delivery and are fundamental members of our teams, ensuring that our patients have the best experience possible when they are at their most vulnerable.
In addition to assisting the Registered Nurses (RN) in delivering all aspects of care to our patients, our experienced HCAs also support trainee and apprenticeship colleagues and other ward based learners.
This is an exciting time for our HCAs as we now have a defined career pathway which details the potential for development from HCA to Nursing Associate through to RN status. In addition, we have a dedicated HCA Practice Development team which supports HCAs in practice.
If you possess the values and behaviours detailed above and are looking to advance your knowledge, and skills and a potential career in the acute setting, then we would like to hear from you.
If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by e mail and invited to be interviewed via microsoft teams on w/c 22nd February 2021. Please ensure you check your emails regular as that is how we will contact you.
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