In an effort to help our readers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis, we have compiled a list of jobs currently available in the Shepton Mallet area to give you a helping hand in your job hunt.

Consultant Anaesthestist - Shepton Mallet

Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, is a purely elective care hospital, focusing on orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery, ENT, urology and gynaecology.

If you are an innovative individual who would like to support a world class service and contribute to the planning and development of anaesthesia we would like to hear from you.

Supported by a very robust Clinical Governance Process, Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet, is the first independent sector hospital to have been rated Outstanding on all five domains by the CQC (2016).

Our hospital is a positive outlier for outcomes after hip and knee replacement in the current PROMs study. Enhanced recovery pathways and day-case arthroplasty are part of our developments.

Within this collaborative team you will provide a full range of speciality diagnosis, treatment and care to inpatients, day cases and outpatients who require anaesthetic services and ensure responsive anaesthetic care.

As a key member of the centre's team you will be working closely with our team of Consultants across a wide range of specialisms and the hospital's Medical Director, Jac, and local Leadership Team.

Furthermore, you will be a key contributor to the development of Clinical Quality Standards and participate in our audit and clinical governance programme.

About the candidate:

With a current registration with the GMC's specialist register of anaesthetists you'll have several years' experience, at least two of which are within the UK.

You are committed to your own continuing medical education and professional development. We will also support you to ensure ongoing medical competence through participation in the annual revalidation and reaccreditation schemes of the GMC and the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

As well as providing mandatory training through our excellent in house education programme, we could even give you the opportunity to develop into a specialist role of your interest.

About the company:

Everything we do is focused on providing a high standard of safe and effective patient care.

When you're part of the Practice Plus Group team, you don't just have a job. You have a career.

We work with you to help you grow in your role and take your career in the direction you want to go. If you want to move up the ladder, we'll support you.

If you just want to stay in your role, that's fine too. We'll help you be the best you can be.

We want our team members to feel motivated and rewarded. So we offer a competitive package of pay and benefits.

We also recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance – so we always try to be flexible, helping you fit your working life around your home life.

Job specifics:

Permanent, full-time. Salary £105,000 per annum.

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Support Worker: Weekends Only - Shepton Mallet

We're all here to make a positive difference to people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Somerset.

Here at Discovery we are looking for dedicated individuals to join our Support Worker team in Shepton Mallet.

Discovery exists to help each person we support to live a fulfilling life, to be equal in society and to be active in his or her local community. That's a big deal.

It means being able to have choice and control in life. It means choosing to go out or to stay in, making friends and having relationships, finding and developing skills and interests.

It also means managing a home, voting, staying healthy and being able to pursue employment or volunteering opportunities. If you think you can help the people we support get more from life, we want to hear from you.

About the role:

Cedar Park consists of a main bungalow where four people of varying abilities live in a shared house environment with individual support hours and shared support, and five individual flats where people have tailored support packages based upon their needs.

This means that every day is a varied one, where you will be supporting people to live their lives in the best possible way, from day to day tasks such as meal preparation and attending health appointments to longer term aims and goals of the individuals, in line with our core values of Ambition, Courage, Integrity, Partnership and Respect.

We provide the people who use our services with personal care, emotional support, financial support and support with domestic tasks as well as enriching their lives with support into the community and to attend activities which improve their quality of life, all with a positive and upbeat manner to put a smile on the face of the people we support in a person centred way.

There is no such thing as a normal or average day, we believe that every day should be an exceptional one, and a positive staff culture helps the people we support to live their lives to the fullest.

Why join us?

• Weekends only.
• 30 days' annual leave pro-rata (including bank holidays).
• A 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family members.
• Long Service Awards, Life Assurance and Pension scheme.
• Great induction and training opportunities including the Care Certificate, and Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Job specifics:

Permanent, full-time. £9.18 per hour.

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Pick Shift Operative/Picker/Packer - Evercreech

Pick shift Operative/Picker/Packer wanted, new shift pattern, Monday to Friday, no weekend work, noon to 9pm, immediate start.

If you are a picker packer with experience of hand held scanners and good numeracy skills this could be the role for you

• Picking goods using an RF scanner (hand held scanner experience will be considered)
• Wrapping and labelling goods
• Counting back picked stock to balance the pallet quantities
• Report missing items to the supervisor