Senior Healthcare Support Worker | Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Posting date:	12 August 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,937 - £26,598 pro rata, per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 September 2025
Location:	Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG
Company:	Isle of Wight NHS
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7414221/470-25-0018-CJW-1

Summary

We are recruiting for a Senior Healthcare Support Worker in Endoscopy who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey

Previous candidates need not apply

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated, committed individual, who has a keen interest in patient care and an eagerness to develop?

A hard working, flexible approach is essential in this busy expanding department.

This post requires an ability to work within the wider Endoscopy team to support care and interventions. This will include working in the Endoscopy decontamination room, portering, and support the endoscopy department

It is expected that the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a continued commitment to professional development and learning. The post holder will be required to support and assist their colleagues, visiting professionals, students and staff new to the unit.

Please see attached full Job Description and contact Sister Lindsey Crowther for further information


This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Aug 2025

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