Bank Healthcare Support Worker (Enhanced Skills) | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 pa/pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Dorset, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7697134/153-TBS00180 |
Summary
Do you need a better work/life balance?
University Hospitals Dorset is currently looking to onboard Bank Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) with a willingness to upskill or have experience in supporting some of our patients with complex needs (Enhanced Care Skills) across our sites in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. benefits including:
• The opportunity to apply for permanent roles
• Choice of available shifts
• Weekly pay
• NHS Pension
You must have:
• Care Certificate or working towards completion
• a minimum of 6 months experience working as a Healthcare Support Worker in an acute hospital environment or 1 yrs Nursing/Care Home experience.
Please use the supporting evidence section of your application to demonstrate how you meet the above requirements.
Successful applicates will work as an effective member of the team under the supervision and direction of a registered health care professional, providing dignified, compassionate and safe care for patients, ensuring high standards of documentation are maintained.
These duties will vary from speciality to speciality and include Enhanced Therapeutic Observation Care such as baywatching a cohort of patients, 1:1 arm’s length, falls risks, dementia, mental health support. In some cases, this could include working with children and young people right through to older people.
Successful candidates must be available to attend a Mandatory Induction Programme (terms & conditions apply) which consists ofTWO FULL CONSECUTIVE WEEKS(Monday to Friday) plus up to 2 additional days of enhanced Care Training .
Interview is subject to successful completion of numeracy & literacy
Interview Dates: 12th January 2026 All Day
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 team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026
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