Senior Healthcare Support Worker

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The closing date is 30 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated Band 3 Senior Health Care Assistant to join our friendly team at the South Devon Satellite Kidney Unit, on the outskirts of Torquay.

Are you passionate about people and looking to continue your career in healthcare? Or as you have some healthcare experience you are keen to join an innovative and dynamic NHS Trust that's really going places? Join us as a Senior Healthcare Assistant (HCA), get paid while you continue to learn and develop your career with the Royal Devon.

Every day, you will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we care for, delivering a high standard of care alongside your colleagues.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

Our Senior Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) form an essential and well‑respected part of our healthcare teams across a number of dynamic settings; out in the community, in our acute hospitals or within our theatres teams to name just a few.

You will be a valued member of the team through our comprehensive training and induction programme and our commitment to learning and development will satisfy even the most ambitious person.

The team
The South Devon Satellite Kidney Unit is a nurse‑led outpatient dialysis unit on the outskirts of Torquay, providing haemodialysis 6 days a week from 07:30‑23:00hrs. We are looking for a Senior Health Care Support Worker to join our team — Renal experience is not necessary as full haemodialysis training will be provided.

Applicants are required to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and high standards of clinical practice. You will be required to work collaboratively with dialysis unit staff and the wider renal multi‑disciplinary team to assess, plan and implement haemodialysis treatment under the supervision of the registered nurses.

Our teams are caring, compassionate and inclusive, so whatever your background, you will be made to feel very welcome. More information about the role, training and development and the experiences of our HCSWs is included in the attached document. Read it now and find out for yourself why we are regularly voted as one of the best NHS Trusts to work for.

Working Pattern: We care for our patients around the clock so we will need you to work a range of shift patterns.

The working pattern will be a mixture of early (07:30‑18:30) and late (12:00‑23:00) shifts worked…