Healthcare Support Worker
Bristol NHS Foundation TrustBRISTOL, South West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Bristol NHS Foundation Trust based in BRISTOL. The advertised salary is £25,272. Applications close on 2 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Healthcare Support Worker in our 33B team A Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) is a core member of the t...
Working as a Healthcare Support Worker, you will:
- Perform basic nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse
- Assist patients with daily living tasks such as;
- helping patients feel comfortable and move around
- performing basic health checks
- washing, dressing patients and personal hygiene
- serving meals and helping to feed patients
- Assist the registered nurse in the assessment, planning and evaluation of nursing care
- Practice safe standards of care to patients following Trust guidelines and policies
- Ensure that the patientsbedspace is clean, tidy, and accessible
- Develop the skills to maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and members of the Multidisciplinary team regarding all aspects of care
- Ensuring equipment and stores are well maintained, taking appropriate action if the equipment is faulty
Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.
Chaired by Ingrid Barker and led by Maria Kane as Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust aims to transform the way healthcare is delivered locally with a clear focus on making a difference for what we call our Four Ps:
- Better outcomes for ourPatients
- More opportunities for our People
- Fairer more consistent care for ourPopulation
- Best Value for Public Purse
- Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
- We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
- More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
- Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
- Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
- We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
- Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
- We will contribute to system financial balance
Essential: - Level 2 QCF Diploma in Clinical Healthcare support; or Level 2 NVQ in Healthcare Health & Social Care; or Level 2 in Health & Social care (NVQ, QCF, RQF) Or Willingness to undertake appropriate training & qualifications within given time frames
Desirable: - GCSE A*-D or equivalent in English Language; - GCSE A*-D or equivalent in Mathematics; - Level 3 NVQ or BTEC National Diploma
Essential: - Be able to work as a member of a team; - Experience of time management and prioritising work.; - Have and understanding of and having a caring approach to patients and their relatives.
Desirable: - Prior experience providing care in a health or social care setting
Essential: - Effective written and verbal communication skills; - IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills; - Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately; - Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
Desirable: - Demonstrates an awareness of health care works, policies and procedures.
How this role compares
We hold 965 NHS vacancies in South West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £34,098. This role pays less than about 94% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,546 of them in South West.
You have 12 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has 77 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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