Healthcare Support Worker

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

As the main acute general surgical ward here at NBT, Ward 33B look after a broad range of patients and see many different specialities including general surgery, urology, upper and lower gastrointestinal.

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 patient

Qualified and experienced Healthcare Support Workers would also be expected to carry out a range of clinical duties with minimal/ no supervision upon successful completion of clinical skills training, 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

 

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.

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Healthcare Support Worker

North Bristol NHS Trust

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