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Healthcare Support Worker
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9188-25-0654 |
Summary
Your main day-to-day duties will include and : Washing and dressing patients and aiding in their personal hygiene Assisting patients to access and use toilet facilities Serving meals and helping to feed patients Helping patients to safely move around Assisting with bed making, cleaning tasks, errands, or general duties Collecting pathological specimens e.g., Urine, faeces, sputum Making patients and their families feel comfortable Development: After you have completed your 1-week foundation induction you will attend an extended induction consisting of 1 study day per month for 5 months (total 5 study days). During this time, with the support of your line manager you will be learning the additional skills necessary to be a Senior Healthcare Assistant such as: Taking physiological measurement Maintaining patients skin integrity Local specific skills such as cannulation, catheterisation and ecgs Upon successful completion of this training and its associated competency document containing the core HCSW competencies as well as the additional competencies required for a Band 3, you will progress into a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker role. Our remote HCSW interviews currently occur on Wednesdays over MS Teams. Our fantastic staff can teach you the required skills if you share our values, are ready to learn and: Be able to work a variety of shifts as part of your work roster. You will cover some mornings (shifts could start from 7am ending around 3pm), short days & long days (shifts are generally 8 12 hours long and occur between 7am and 8pm), evenings (till around 8pm) and nights (from around 7pm to 7am the next day) Be available to work any day from Monday to Sunday depending on your shift pattern, including bank holidays Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills Are happy to carry out a variety of tasks (detailed below) - including personal hygiene care to patients of all ages and backgrounds. We consider both Part-Time and Full-Time applications, but you MUST be able to work a variety of shifts and days of the week as UHS operates a 24 hours a day service, 365 days of the year. Unfortunately, we cannot currently offer set shifts e.g. nights only. Please read the attached person specification and job description as this will support you in your application, and then apply via the link. If your application is successful, we will contact you to arrange a screening telephone call to discuss next steps. If youre the kind of person who believes in putting patients first, is always looking to improve and are a team player, then wed love to hear from you! Please note: This vacancy does not meet the Home Office threshold for sponsorship and requires candidates to complete a 9-month training period. We are therefore unable to accept applications from candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK or where candidates do not have at least 9 months remaining on their visa from the start date of the new role.