Trustwide Healthcare Support Worker - SAU | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Poole, BH15 2JB |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7281592/153-SU04714 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Surgical Admission Unit (SAU) at UHD-Poole
We are looking for a highly motivated Healthcare Support Worker to join our enthusiastic and dedicated team.
The Surgical Admissions Unit is a 14-bedded fast paced unit in which patients present with a wide variety of emergency surgical conditions.
Patients are referred under the care of Upper GI, Gynae, Colorectal, surgeries, other hospitals, our outpatient clinics and our emergency department. No two days are the same!
Applications are invited from individuals with excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a commitment to the provision of a high standard of care to patients and the ability to treat all patients, relatives and other members of staff with dignity and respect.
Post-holders will be expected to work a variety of shift patterns including night duty. In return, we can provide a comprehensive range of development opportunities, full time and part time hours considered.
Heard enough? Then apply now.
Please note: if this job requires you to have a DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed from your salary.
Based at: Poole
Interview Date: TBC
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Jul 2025
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