Healthcare Support Worker

HCRG Care Group; St. Martin's; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension

My Reward Hub

Earned wage access

Wellbeing support

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant for Sulis Ward at St Martins Hospital, Bath. The role offers full-time and part-time hours, with a focus on compassionate, patient-centered care and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

You will support assessments, daily care, and rehabilitation, contributing to safe and dignified patient experiences while following care plans and hospital policies. Applications welcome from NHS-experienced entrants.

Qualifications

• Care Certificate – or willingness to achieve.
• Experience of working under supervision.
• Experience of supporting other workers.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Delivering patient focused care.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Physical skills to manually handle patients and use lifting aids.
• Undertake nursing/therapy skills.
• Driven to achieve.
• Self-motivated.
• Experience of the NHS.
• Experience of work in an acute or urgent health care setting.
• Basic wound care knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care in line with care plans.
• Support daily care and treatment under supervision.
• Encourage patient and carer involvement in decisions.
• Promote independence and dignity at all times.
• Work within a multi-professional team.
• Maintain clear, respectful communication and assist language/hearing needs.
• Document patient needs and preferences accurately.
• Practice infection control and contribute to safety.
• Assist in clinics and delegated tasks.
• Support junior staff and seek guidance when needed.
• Obtain consent and provide chaperone when needed.
• Uphold policies and professional standards.

Skills

Care Certificate

Teamwork

Patient-centered care

NHS experience

Self-motivation

Ability to work under supervision

Wound care basics

Manual handling

Communication

Education

Care Certificate – or willingness to achieve

Job description

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As a Healthcare Support Worker, you’ll be part of our valued team on our Sulis Ward, St Martins Hospital, Bath.

You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £25,500.00 with access to our group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job Introduction

Join Our Caring Team as a Healthcare Assistant!

Location

Sulis Ward, St Martin’s Hospital, Bath

Positions Available: Full-time or Part-time

A great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Healthcare Assistant on our Sulis Ward, St Martins Hospital, Bath.

You will join a welcoming multidisciplinary team on our Sulis ward, where our services run 7 days per week. We have the opportunity to offer full time and part time positions to help with the flexibility of hours to suit you!

We provide general medical and stroke rehabilitation for those stepping down form the acute trusts; as well as supporting our primary care colleagues with admission avoidance and stepping up from the community .

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Main Description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate , patient-centred care in line with individual care plans.
• Support daily care and treatment under the guidance of a registered practitioner.
• Encourage patient and carer involvement in decision - making.
• Promote patient independence and dignity at all times.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-professional team.
• Ensure clear, respectful communication, including support for language or hearing barriers.
• Maintain accurate documentation of patient needs and preferences.
• Practice effective infection control and contribute to a safe care environment.
• Assist in clinics (e.g. dressing, fracture) and carry out delegated tasks confidently.
• Support junior staff and seek guidance from registered staff when needed.
• Obtain appropriate consent and provide or request a chaperone when needed.
• Uphold policies, procedures, and professional standards at all times.
• A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

The Ideal Candidate

• Care Certificate – or willingness to achieve.
• Experience of working under supervision.
• Experience of supporting other workers.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Delivering patient focused care.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
• Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
• Driven to achieve.
• Self-motivated.
• Experience of the NHS.
• Experience of work in an acute or urgent health care setting.
• Basic wound care knowledge and skills.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes . We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone .

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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