Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: 01225 825707
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 427-7902034
- Employer
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cardiac Ward B45
- Town
- Bath
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Join Our Cardiology Ward as a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker
Make a real difference. Start a rewarding career.
We’re expanding our Cardiology ward team and are looking for kind, caring and motivated individuals to join us as Clinical Healthcare Support Workers. If you love helping others, enjoy working as part of a team, and bring a positive, can‑do attitude to every shift, we’d be excited to hear from you.
About the Role
As a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker in Cardiology, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our nursing teams to deliver outstanding patient care. Every day is different, and your work will have a direct impact on the experience of patients with a range of cardiac conditions. Compassion, flexibility and teamwork are at the heart of this role—and in return, you’ll be welcomed into a friendly, supportive environment where you can grow and thrive.
Training & Development
Whether you’re new to healthcare or looking to build on existing experience, we’ll support you every step of the way. You’ll begin with our “New to Care” induction programme, designed to help you settle into life at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. You’ll learn the essential skills needed for the role and work towards the Care Certificate (unless you have already completed it).
Who We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
Caring, compassionate and patient‑focused
A great team player with a positive attitude
Eager to learn and develop new skills
Motivated to build a meaningful career in healthcare
If you’re ready to start a rewarding journey in Cardiology and want to make a difference every day, we’d be delighted to welcome you to our team.
Main duties of the job
This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change. Your daily duties will be varied to include:
· blood pressure monitoring
· oxygen saturation levels
· body temperature
· pulse rate and respiration rate
· glucose monitoring,
· collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples
· wound swabs
· removal of catheters
· venepuncture
· recording your actions accurately in patient notes
Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your knowledge, skills and experience.
We are passionate about patient experience. We know that some people find coming into hospital difficult.
Adapting how you communicate to meet the needs of patients, relatives, carers as well as colleagues with kindness and compassion is fundamental to how we work together. You will take care in handling patient and Trust property and may need to order supplies and restock.
You will help to support, train and welcome new colleagues, students and others to your area of work.
There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs and area of work.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person‑centred care we’re proud of.
We’re committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing – and yes, we even have a pool!
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note that this role currently does not meet the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 required for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship, as set by the UK Home Office effective from 9 April 2025.
While higher pay points may be available depending on verified NHS experience, the majority of new appointments typically commence at the lower end of the pay band, which falls below the sponsorship threshold.
As such, visa sponsorship may not be available for candidates who do not already have the right to work in the UK.
Person specification
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- You’ll have experience working in a public-facing/customer care role or environment.
- You will need to be able to use IT systems and databases. You will have the skill to focus on the details with the ability to spot problems. You will know when you are able to correct or when to escalate.am environment.
- Understands the need for strict confidentiality
- Experience of working within a team
- Able to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills at interview assessment.
Desirable criteria
- You’ll have experience working in a health and social care role and NHS experience, understanding of NHS/social care systems.
- You may also have previous experience in healthcare and have your Care Certificate if not, we will support you to achieve this qualification within the first three months of joining us.
Value based assessment
Essential criteria
- Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental
- Motivated to make a difference in whatever way they can
- Pro-active and takes responsibility
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lindsay Goodall
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01225825847
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