Healthcare Support Worker - Basingstoke & Winchester | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for Healthcare Support Workers in Basingstoke and Winchester. You will support Registered Nurses, help plan, deliver and evaluate care, and contribute to high standards within a multidisciplinary team.

The role involves varied shifts including long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. Successful candidates may undertake the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship.

Job description

Healthcare Support Worker - Basingstoke & Winchester | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you for your interest in working for Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker. We are currently recruiting for Healthcare Support Workers in both our Winchester and Basingstoke locations,

In this role, you will have the opportunity to personally make a difference to our patients lives and the lives of their carers and relatives every single day. Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of our multidisciplinary teams who support our patients by assisting our Registered Nurses in planning, delivering and evaluating care. This will require you to:

• Communicate effectively with a broad range of individuals, both verbally and in writing;
• Share our commitment to maintaining high standards in everything we do;
• Demonstrate that you can work effectively within a team that behaves in accordance with our values.

The Healthcare Support Worker role is varied and busy as you will be working a variety of shifts including long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Successful candidates who are eligible will be expected to undertake the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship. Eligibility and suitability for the programme will be assessed based on apprenticeship funding requirements, previous qualifications, and relevant experience.

Working as a Healthcare Support Worker is a vital role within the team and if you’re positive, caring and have a can-do attitude – we want you to join us.

It is essential that within your application you are able to demonstrate an understanding of the role and responsibilities, able to prove how you develop and maintain positive working relationships, along with evidencing how you would demonstrate our Trust values.

You must be a minimum of 18 years old to apply for the role and be willing to work a minimum of 23 hours per week. You must be able to commit to the standard shift pattern for this role which includes long days, nights, weekend and bank holidays.

Please note: this vacancydoes not includePaediatrics or Maternity ward vacancies.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

We will be holding an in-person HCSW Interview Days in Basingstoke on 9th October and Winchester on 14th October. The event will include a presentation, talks from our clinical staff and a face-to-face interview. No further interview dates are available and you must be able to attend in person.

*** If you have applied via the recent advert for HCSW's in Winchester or Basingstoke, please do not reapply as your application is already going through the shortlisting process. ***

Important: this vacancy is for external candidates or HHFT employees who are not Healthcare Support Workers. If you already work at HHFT as a HCSW (permanent or bank contracts) and wish to change, you should not apply for this vacancy - please contact your line manager instead. If you are already going through a recruitment process for a Healthcare Support Workers role, or have applied for one, there is no need to apply for this role.

HHFT's YouTube channel contains videos highlighting the everyday life in the NHS in various roles/areas across our hospitals; click on the links below to watch them:

• Healthcare support worker |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWny80Kjcbs
• HCSW DAY IN THE LIFE |https://youtu.be/aQ4NVHovhPc

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Healthcare Support Worker - Basingstoke & Winchester | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata

Hours: Part-time

Location: Basingstoke, RG24 9NA

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 30 Sept 2026

Closing date: 30 Oct 2026

Summary

Thank you for your interest in working for Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker. We are currently recruiting for Healthcare Support Workers in both our Winchester and Basingstoke locations,

In this role, you will have the opportunity to personally make a difference to our patients lives and the lives of their carers and relatives every single day. Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of our multidisciplinary teams who support our patients by assisting our Registered Nurses in planning, delivering and evaluating care. This will require you to:

• Communicate effectively with a broad range of individuals, both verbally and in writing;
• Share our commitment to maintaining high standards in everything we do;
• Demonstrate that you can work effectively within a team that behaves in accordance with our values.

The Healthcare Support Worker role is varied and busy as you will be working a variety of shifts including long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Successful candidates who are eligible will be expected to undertake the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship. Eligibility and suitability for the programme will be assessed based on apprenticeship funding requirements, previous qualifications, and relevant experience.

Working as a Healthcare Support Worker is a vital role within the team and if you’re positive, caring and have a can-do attitude – we want you to join us.

It is essential that within your application you are able to demonstrate an understanding of the role and responsibilities, able to prove how you develop and maintain positive working relationships, along with evidencing how you would demonstrate our Trust values.

You must be a minimum of 18 years old to apply for the role and be willing to work a minimum of 23 hours per week. You must be able to commit to the standard shift pattern for this role which includes long days, nights, weekend and bank holidays.

Please note: this vacancydoes not includePaediatrics or Maternity ward vacancies.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

We will be holding an in-person HCSW Interview Days in Basingstoke on 9th October and Winchester on 14th October. The event will include a presentation, talks from our clinical staff and a face-to-face interview. No further interview dates are available and you must be able to attend in person.

*** If you have applied via the recent advert for HCSW's in Winchester or Basingstoke, please do not reapply as your application is already going through the shortlisting process. ***

Important: this vacancy is for external candidates or HHFT employees who are not Healthcare Support Workers. If you already work at HHFT as a HCSW (permanent or bank contracts) and wish to change, you should not apply for this vacancy - please contact your line manager instead. If you are already going through a recruitment process for a Healthcare Support Workers role, or have applied for one, there is no need to apply for this role.

HHFT's YouTube channel contains videos highlighting the everyday life in the NHS in various roles/areas across our hospitals; click on the links below to watch them:

• Healthcare support worker |https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWny80Kjcbs
• HCSW DAY IN THE LIFE |https://youtu.be/aQ4NVHovhPc

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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