Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker - Bristol
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS4 5BJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-1087 |
Summary
As a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant, you will play a key role in deliveringhigh-quality, recovery-focused care to service users across our inpatient services. Working collaboratively with registered staff and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will support individuals during some of the most challenging times in their lives, helping them to regain independence, dignity, and wellbeing. What youll be doing Providing direct care and support: assisting with nutrition, hydration, physical health, and personal care needs. Supporting recovery and independence: helping service users with practical issues such as accommodation or finances, and encouraging social inclusion through escorted leave and community activities. Facilitating therapeutic engagement: encouraging service users to share their experiences in one-to-one or group discussions, and delivering psychosocial interventions that promote emotional and cognitive wellbeing. Maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment: contributing to ward cleanliness, organisation, and safety, and supporting environmental assessments to ensure high standards of care. Collaborating in care planning: actively participating in risk assessments, CPA processes, and recovery-focused interventions, while keeping accurate clinical records. Developing specialist skills: taking on lead or link roles in initiatives such as Safe Wards, carer engagement, and Essence of Care, under the guidance of registered staff. Promoting best practice: modelling dignity, respect, and candour in all interactions, and embedding AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners. Supporting colleagues: contributing to the induction and supervision of junior, temporary, and newly appointed HCAs, and fostering a positive learning culture. Reflective practice: engaging in ongoing professional reflection to continually improve the quality of care delivered. Understanding legislation: maintaining a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005), and other relevant frameworks through mandatory training. This role is both challenging and rewarding, offering the chance to develop your skills across acute, rehabilitation, and psychiatric intensive care settings. Youll be part of a passionate, recovery-focused team that prides itself on delivering compassionate, evidence-based care and making a real difference in peoples lives.