Health Care Support Worker

Sirona-Care-; Bristol; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days annual leave

Development opportunities

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC in Bristol is recruiting a Health Care Support Worker (NHS AfC Band 3) on a part-time basis (24 hours/week). The role supports urgent care units and adults and children, delivering high-quality, compassionate care alongside multidisciplinary teams.

The post offers Agenda for Change terms, NHS benefits, and a development path within England’s largest community health provider. The service operates across Bristol and surrounding areas.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering direct patient care in urgent care settings.
• Experience performing phlebotomy procedures.
• Experience dressing wounds and providing wound care.
• Experience caring for adults and children with varying conditions.
• Experience in community and acute healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Greet, register, and assist patients at the MIU/UTC.
• Support clinical staff with taking and recording vital signs.
• Carry out basic wound care as part of patient treatment.
• Assist with mobility, comfort, and personal needs of patients.
• Aid procedures such as plaster application or removal.
• Prepare and restock clinical rooms and trolleys.
• Maintain infection prevention and control standards.
• Escort patients to radiology, other departments, or discharge areas.
• Clean and prepare equipment for use.

Skills

Direct patient care in urgent care

Phlebotomy experience

Dressing and wound care

Adult and children care experience

Community and acute settings

Education

NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

Job description

Main area Healthcare Support Worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

24 hours per week (The service is open 7 days a week including bank holidays, Early/Late Shifts and Long Days) Job ref 083-8329872-HO

Employer Sirona care & health CIC Employer type NHS Site Place Based Urgent Care Town Bristol Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 08:00

Health Care Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Please note that if you apply for a position with Sirona care & health, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac Account and email accounts.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Job overview

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and change lives for better? Are you passionate about working in healthcare? Then this opportunity is for you.

Place based urgent care units in South Gloucestershire and South Bristol promote a multi-disciplinary model in which clinical staff work closely with the other healthcare professionals within the setting, this ensures our patients receive the highest level of care. This is also an amazing opportunity for your career development!

Your role is key to the service and will provide support to the practitioners, collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and contribute positively to the delivery of high-quality, compassionate care. You will assist with both clinical and non-clinical duties and ensure the patients attending the unit receive timely assessment and treatment.

The service offers treatment for adults, children and young people for a wide range of minor injuries, meaning that no day is the same working in the PBUC units.

Main duties of the job

• Greet, register, and assist patients attending the MIU/UTC
• Support clinical staff taking and recording vital signs
• Carry out basic wound care
• Support patients with mobility, comfort, and personal needs.
• Assist with procedures such as plaster application or removal
• prepare and restock clinical rooms and trolleys
• Assist in maintaining infection prevention and control standards
• Escort patients to radiology, other departments, or discharge areas.
• Clean and prepare equipment for use

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job descriptions for both roles attached for full duties and responsibilities.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of direct client care in the urgent care setting
• Experience in carrying out phlebotomy services
• Experience in providing dressing and wound care
• Experience of caring for patients (adult essential and children desirable) who present with a range of presenting conditions
• Experience in community and acute settings

Qualifictions and Training

• Evidence of recent training and maintenance of competence.
• Basic knowledge of the recognition of the deteriorating sick patient
• Knowledge of the reporting procedures in the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and children and basic principles associated with the mental capacity act
• Basic Life Support Adults/Children
• Achieved or working towards NVQ L 3 Health and Social Care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.