Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
We are recruiting Healthcare Support Workers to work in 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 to support your balance of family, study or wellbeing with your career. We proudly champion individuality and are committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued and able to contribute.
Details
Date posted: 10 October 2025 | Pay scheme: Agenda for Change | Band: Band 2 | Salary: £24,465 a year | Contract: Permanent | Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time | Reference number: 188-HCSW021025
Job locations: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD
Job Responsibilities
Southampton General Hospital - Centre block theatres. About the team: 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 with a high staff-to-patient ratio and team-working is key to our success. The circulating role in theatre is vital to the delivery of our service, and you would directly assist the surgical team during operations.
We support training in the initial phase of learning the role, paired with an experienced member of staff, and become independent when ready. We encourage and assist staff in obtaining 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. Regardless of current skill or experience, our comprehensive induction and in-house training teams will 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 24/7, 365 days a year.
Princess Anne Hospital: About the team — Obstetric & Gynaecology (benign & oncology services, fertility treatment) and breast surgeries. We work with a multi-disciplinary team of nurses, ODPs and HCAs to support consultants in the department. The unit provides 24/7 emergency services for obstetric and gynaecology conditions and elective services for obstetric, benign and oncology gynaecology 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 to 22:00.
We are recruiting HCAs across all theatre departments at UHS and will allocate you to your department after successful interview.
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 who 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.
Person Specification
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Essential - 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; https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/care-certificate
* Capable of completing core HCSW competencies and additional specific competencies related to area of work within 12 months of appointment
Desirable
* Acute Hospital Setting
* Nursing home carer
* Teaching Assistant
* HCA Experience
* Volunteer Sector
* Experience in a caring role
Other Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and any disclosure submission will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years; adult dependants are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found on the UK government pages for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD
Employer's website: https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx
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