HCSW Band 3 | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 pa/ pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7347512/153-SU04678-A |
Summary
Do you have the passion, enthusiasm and knowledge to provide excellent care to acute surgical patients? Are you positive, creative and dynamic?
If you do then the Surgical Directorate is currently looking for Health Care Support Worker for an exciting role on Ward 16
Our focus is on providing safe and exceptionally skilled surgical care to our patients. We focus heavily on training, education, staff support and development; alongside collaborative working with our Consultants and other professionals. We consider ourselves a supportive team, who welcome learners and those wishing to grow their skills and knowledge.
We deliver high quality care to patients with complex needs and multiple co-morbidities, we are a forward-thinking directorate and wards, We always put our patients first.
We strive towards improving our services to meet the ever changing needs of our patients, the workforce and the systems of the future.
We need Health Care Support Workers that are passionate about the contribution they make to safe and compassionate patient care, their working environment and colleagues. We are a strong and happy team...so why not come and join us!
To work as part of a multidisciplinary team assisting with patient care and
other departmental-related duties as directed by a Registered Nurse to ensure kind, safe, and compassionate care for patients.
Working for your organisation
The successful candidate will work within the already established team in delivering high quality seamless care to emergency surgical patients
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.
The roles and responsibilities of a Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) include (but not limited to):
• Making sure patients are comfortable
• Helping patients move around
• Washing and dressing patients
• Taking basic observations and updating patient records
• Keeping departments tidy and ensuring equipment is clean
• Serving meals and helping patients eat
• Administering medication to patients
• Collecting, storing, and labeling biological specimens
• Keeping hospital supplies properly stocked and organized
• Working closely with other healthcare professionals such as nurses, physicians, and therapists in order to provide patients with exceptional care
Support workers may also provide physical and emotional support, encourage and support the development of personal skills, and help with household tasks
This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025
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