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Job summary

Main area
General surgery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (24/7 cover. Day and night shifts including weekends.)
Job ref
427-7364398
Employer
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal United Hospitals, NHS Foundation trusts
Town
Bath
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/08/2025 23:59

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Healthcare Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

As a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker you will be a core member of the team delivering personal care, both clinical and non-clinical to patients. You’ll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence. To assist in patient care and other ward/department related duties under the supervision of the trained nurse.

This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change.

Main duties of the job

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 note

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A Qualifications and credit framework ( QCF) Level 3. This could be an NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in health/social care.
  • Able to demonstrate knowledge and skills gained through the equivalent level of employment experience.
  • Care certificate
Desirable criteria
  • competent in venepuncture

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to understand and communicate in English both verbally and in writing.
  • Numerical and analytic skills to do patient observations
  • previous experience working in health care with stroke patients
  • Able to work in a team environment
  • Have a customer-focused approach which is essential to providing patients with the best possible experience and working together with colleagues and other teams across the Trust
  • Basic but essential IT skills to access required systems such as electronic patient records
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working as a health care support worker

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language
  • Good IT skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to be flexible

Personal qualities and physical attributes

Essential criteria
  • Flexible approach to shift patterns and unit needs
  • Able to work under direct supervision
  • Good time management skills

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • IT skills
  • Care certificate
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language
  • 2 years UK experience
Desirable criteria
  • Good time management skills
  • Able to work under direct supervision
  • Flexible approach to shift patterns and unit needs

It skills

Essential criteria
  • IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWomens Staff Network

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lucy Butcher
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01225 825413
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