Healthcare Support Worker

Summary

Are you looking for a new career working with people and really making a difference? Our Elective Surgery Ward at North Bristol NHS Trust are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join their team!

Gate 26B is a 32-bedded ward consisting of Elective Surgical patients, predominantly Elective Urology Services. We look after a broad range of post operative, stable patients of all ages who are transferred to us from other areas such as Medirooms, Urology, General Surgical and Medical wards.

You will work closely with our team to deliver a compassionate, high quality, responsive service to meet the needs of our patients.

Experience in a care role would be an advantage but not essential – this role is ideal for candidates who are new to care ready to start their career in healthcare, or candidates who have experience looking for a new and exciting opportunity in an acute setting.

Please note: it is likely that this vacancy will close early once a high volume of applications are received. Therefore we would recommend submitting your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Unfortunately due to specific rules set by the Home Office, we are not able to offer sponsorship on this role.

 

Duties

Working as a Healthcare Support Worker, you will be involved with direct patient care whilst maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients. You will be working alongside a Registered Nurse to provide essential nursing care and helping your patients with daily living tasks such as:

• helping patients feel comfortable and move around
• monitoring patients and performing basic health checks
• washing, dressing patients and helping them go to the toilet
• serving meals and helping to feed patients

Upon successful completion of clinical skills training and progression into a Senior Healthcare Support Worker role, you will also be expected to carry out a range of clinical duties with minimal / no supervision, including:

• blood pressure monitoring
• oxygen saturation levels
• body temperature
• pulse rate and respiration rate
• glucose monitoring
• wound swab
• collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples

Whilst completing these tasks, the underlining aim is to deliver high-quality patient care at all times.

 

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.