Senior Healthcare Support Worker | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	16 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£24,937 - £26,598 pa
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	14 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Bristol, BS2 8ED
Cwmni:	University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7334594/387-SPS4594-JJ

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Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is based at the Bristol Heart Institute. It is an 11-bedded unit caring for critically unwell patients with a variety of cardiac issues.

CCU is a Diamond awarded ward and an exemplar place to work with numerous experienced members of staff who will support you.

Working as a Senior Health Care Support Worker (SHCSW) at University Hospital Bristol and Weston is an immensely rewarding job. A job in which your care can make makes a real difference to patients’ lives. We are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and hard-working individuals that also believe in our Trust Values: Supportive, Respectful, Innovative & Collaborative.

Previous experience is essential.

Please look at the job description for further details.

We require everyone to be fully flexible across all shift patterns, including weekdays, weekends, nights and bank holidays

Working as a Senior HCSW on the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) 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. You will be helping your patients (both male and female) 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.

As a Senior HCSW you will also be taking and recording patients’ vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patient’s condition to the registered nurse. Some clinical areas may require you to be proficient in additional clinical skills such as ECGs, venepuncture, simple dressings as required by the ward area

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

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 13,000 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.

If you meet the essential criteria, your application will be shortlisted and you will be invited to a face-to-face interview.

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


This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025

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