Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. The closing date is 10 November 2025.
We are seeking Healthcare Support Workers to join our Theatre departments at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). Whether you are an experienced Healthcare Support Worker or just starting out, if you are caring, compassionate and looking for a new challenge, we will have a role for you. Apply to join the team at UHS and take the next steps in your healthcare career.
About us
University Hospital Southampton is one of England\'s largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations. Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast. At UHS we are committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible and champion individuality in a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
Job responsibilities
Southampton General Hospital - Centre block theatres. We cover a wide variety of specialties such as Orthopaedics, Neuro, Paediatrics, ENT, Cardiac and mixed general surgical fields. We are a regional specialist centre and perform many pioneering procedures. The circulating role in theatre is vital to the delivery of our service, and you would be directly assisting the surgical team during the operation. We support training in the initial phase of learning the role together with an experienced member of staff and become independent when ready. We encourage and assist staff through obtaining their functional skills level 2, level 3 health care and onwards to a Nursing or Operating Department Practitioner apprenticeship. We are looking for individuals with the ability and attitude to grow and develop into a valued member of our team. We offer a comprehensive induction and in-house training to help you reach your full potential. We consider part-time applications (minimum of 23 hours per week); however, all applicants must be fully flexible to cover a variety of shifts including early, late, long days and nights as our services operate 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Princess Anne Hospital: Obstetric & Gynecology (benign & oncology services, fertility treatment) and breast surgeries with a multi-disciplinary team of nurses, ODPs and HCAs. The unit has 4 operating theatres and provides 24/7 emergency services for obstetric and gynecology conditions and elective services for obstetric, benign and oncology gynecology and breast surgery, including reconstruction. There is an attached Recovery and Day Surgery Unit with 6 recovery beds and 15 day-surgery beds open from 7:30–22:00.
We are recruiting HCAs across all theatre departments at UHS and will allocate you to your department after successful interview.
Important notice: This vacancy does not meet the Home Office threshold for sponsorship and requires candidates to complete a 9-month training period. We are therefore unable to accept applications from candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK or where candidates do not have at least 9 months remaining on their visa from the start date of the new role.
Due to a high volume of applications, the Trust reserves the right to close this advert early.
Trust values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
* Completed care certificate or ability to complete within 6 months of appointment
* Completed secondary education
* Ability to move and handle patients and equipment
* Evidence of empathy, patience and dependability
* Ability to deal with a range of difficult situations
* Be able to take instruction / directions and work within the confines of the role
* Ability to cope with fluctuating demands and pressures of the role
* Awareness of and adherence to the care certificate standards
* Capable of completing core HCSW competencies and additional site-specific competencies within 12 months of appointment
* Experience in an acute hospital setting
* Experience in a caring role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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