Senior Health Care Support Worker

We are looking for

an individual who is eager to learn, has a kind and caring attitude towards patients, families & colleagues and who will be a positive team member.

As a Health Care Support Worker in C503 Bristol Heart Institute Outpatients department, you will rotate through a number of roles and areas within the outpatient setting, including assisting in the clinic area, help when needed in the blood room, prepping notes, communication with the MDT team and service users. You will act as a chaperone and advocate for the patients in these clinics, along with undertaking full sets of observations, collecting samples, stock rotation, assisting patients with mobility problems in wheelchairs, basic wound care and working through specific competencies within the various specialities.

The Outpatients Department offers a friendly, supportive, innovative and progressive environment where you will be encouraged to develop your advanced clinical skills and competencies.

The successful candidate will need good communication skills, demonstrating politeness, courtesy and sensitivity in providing compassionate care for patients and their relatives.

Practice safe standards following trust guidance to provide effective, holistic patient care, including awareness of normal ranges of vital signs and supporting patients through the clinic pathway.

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.