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Job summary

Main area
Theatre's
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
387-WD-4528-GW-D
Employer
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Main Theatres & Surgical Day Case Unit (SDCU)- Weston General Hospital
Town
Weston-Super-Mare
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/11/2025 23:59

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Theatres & Surgical Day Case Unit

Band 3

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Job overview

Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Theatres & Surgical Day Case Unit (SDCU)
Weston General Hospital
Are you an experienced Healthcare Support Worker looking for a new challenge? Have you considered a career in theatres?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join our dedicated team in Main Theatres and the Surgical Day Case Unit (SDCU) at Weston General Hospital.
This is a unique and rewarding role where you’ll support patients at their most vulnerable – before, during, and after surgery. Compassion, flexibility, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team are essential qualities for this position.
You will be required to work a range of shifts, including days, nights, and weekends, to support the needs of the service.
To help you settle in, we offer a supported supernumerary period when you join us, ensuring you feel confident and well-prepared in your new role.
Looking to develop your career further? We offer excellent progression opportunities, including access to apprenticeship pathways such as Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or Registered Nursing Associate training.
Come and be part of a team that makes a difference every day.
 
Please note, this role does not currently meet the salary requirement for certificate of sponsorship. 

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB:
 
You will be working with a team of healthcare professionals caring for our patients in Main Theatres and SDCU.  Your responsibilities will include
  • Patient support both physical and emotional
  • Preparing equipment and setting out instruments for surgery
  • Keeping theatres fully stocked
  • Unloading and moving equipment
  • Circulating duties during the operation including counting swabs or other instruments
  • Tidying up and cleaning after each case, disposing of waste correctly
  • Monitor and record patient's vital signs, reporting and escalating findings in a timely manner
  • Transferring patients to and from theatres
This is physically demanding role, where you will be helping to move patients on trolleys as well as on and off the operating table.
You are also required to work on our DCU Ward and Theatre Receiving Unit.
 
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship under the current Home Office guidelines.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 15,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Level 2 Functional skills in English and Math’s, or equivalent
  • One of the following: E Level 3 (SCQF – 6): - City and Guilds 3 NVQ 3 BTEC National Diploma
  • Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker)

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
  • Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
  • IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills
  • Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
  • Committed to providing high quality patient care
  • Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work and policies and procedures
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
  • Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
  • Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
  • Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
  • Be able to work as a member of a team
  • Experience of time management and prioritising work
  • Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in theatre environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDDisability Confident - two yearsVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Pastoral CareStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPride In Veterans

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
John Abbotts
Job title
Day Case Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Ali Kino | Theatre Manager

[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Telephone
0117 3425000 (option 1 )
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