Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious NHS hospital in Cottingham seeks a Senior Healthcare Support Worker for the Day Surgery Centre at Castle Hill Hospital. This role involves assisting registered staff in patient care during pre and postoperative procedures. Candidates must have experience in personal care within a busy environment and be able to work well within a team. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to high-quality care in a challenging setting, adhering to the trust's values of Care, Honesty, and Accountability.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing personal care in a busy environment.
• Previous working experience in a hospital setting.
• Experience of using IT systems and maintaining patient records.

Responsibilities

• Assist the registered staff during clinical procedures.
• Maintain health, safety, and infection control in clinical areas.
• Support and care for patients during clinical procedures.

Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Works well within a team

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Basic Maths and English GCSE level or equivalent

Care Certificate, NVQ level 2 in care or equivalent

Job description

Senior Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 22 December 2025

Hull University Teaching Hospitals are currently looking for Perioperative Support Workers to work in the Day Surgery Centre, based at Castle Hill Hospital.

The Centre provides state of theartDay Surgery facilities, in multiple specialties, for patients in the Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and wider area.

The successful candidate will be used to working in a busy, challenging environment and have a flexible approach whilst working along side team members to meet the needs of both the patient and service.

The post holder is responsible for supporting the Registered Perioperative Practitioner in the delivery of direct patient care procedures, transfer and assisting in the maintenance of patient comfort throughout the Day Surgery Centre in Pre and Postoperative Care, Theatre and Recovery areas.

The Trust values of Care, Honesty and Accountability are at the forefront of everything we do, and we pride ourselves on the high standard of care we provide to patients.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Maintain health, safety and the control of infection in clinical work areas.
• Receive, transfer and position patients for clinical procedures.
• Assist the registered staff to prepare, monitor and maintain materials and equipment for clinical procedures.
• Support and care for patients during clinical procedures.
• Assist the registered staff with treating patients during clinical emergencies.
• Participation in on-calls and out of hours working is needed by all theatre staff, regardless of the department they are based in, to provide adequate emergency access to our most acutely ill patients.
• To work in any of the theatre areas according to service needs, regardless of which theatre department they are based in, although it is anticipated that staff do predominately work in the department they are employed to be based in.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Basic Maths and English GCSE level or equivalent
• Care Certificate, NVQ level 2 in care or equivalent

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment providing personal care.
• Previous working experience in a hospital setting
• Experience of using IT based systems and maintaining patient records.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

• Be able to work on own initiative
• Works well with in a team
• Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• Participate in standard setting and research projects
• Evidence showing clinical and professional development
• To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
• Facilitate learning of others

Attributes & Other Requirements

• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable
• Good timekeeper
• Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
• Flexibility towards work and working hours relating to service demands (including out of hours/a 24-hour shift pattern where appropriate)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Day Surgery Centre, Castle Hill Hospital