Healthcare Support Workers - Bristol Adults

Working as a Senior Health Care Support Worker (Band 3) at UHBW, one of the largest acute NHS trusts in the South West is an immensely rewarding job which makes a real difference to patients’ lives. You will be working alongside a registered Nurse to provide basic nursing care for adult patients.

You will need to be an excellent team player and have a passion for high quality, patient centred care. Working at an acute NHS Trust is challenging and you will need to be able to adapt and change according to the demands of the role.

Previous experience in a HCSW role is essential (ideally in an acute setting) for a Senior Health Care Support (Band 3) role. For candidates new to Healthcare, we offer a Band 2 “new to care” HCSW role. If you do not currently hold a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, we can support you as work towards this qualification.

When you start with us, you will be offered supernumerary period to provide you with all the support you need to get you off to a flying start.

If you are keen to progress to a Band 4 registered Nursing Associate role in the future, this is the place to work! We are actively supporting the trainee Nursing Associate programme, and keen to support future apprentices in this role.

Working as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker on the adult inpatient wards at UHBW you will be involved with direct patient care whilst maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients. You will be supported and supervised by Registered Nurse or Nursing Associate. You will be

• Helping your patients with daily living tasks, including such washing and going to the toilet (hygiene & continence) or helping with their meals (nutrition).
• Helping with mobility needs and providing pressure area care.
• Providing emotional support to patients and their families.
• Providing one to one observation for patients who present a high risk due to clinical condition.
• Ensuring that the ward environment is clean and safe preventing infection and falls.
• Escorting patients to different departments such as x-ray

As a senior healthcare worker you will be taking and recording patients’ vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patient’s condition to the registered nurse. You will also be undertaking other clinical skills such as ECGs, venepuncture and cannulation, simple dressings as required by the ward area.

When competent you will be training and supporting new and junior team members, including student nurses.

Benefits

• Work Roster agreed 8weeks in advance
• Part time & flexible working options
• Job Security & Pension
• Enhanced pay for unsocial hours (nights & weekends)
• Career progression through apprentice ship scheme
• HCSW support team providing clinical training and wellbeing support
• Generous holiday allowance
• Staff Benefits – blue badge, cycle to work

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.

Working Hours: 37.5hrs per week (full time)

You will be working on an inpatient ward, and you will be required to work long shifts (12hours) which include days/nights, weekend and Bank Holidays.

This is physically demanding role, assisting patients who may have poor mobility, and you will be on your feet for long periods.

This is an emotionally demanding role and requires you to adapt quickly to the constantly changing clinical demands on an acute inpatient ward.

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