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Senior Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 06 August 2025
Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is based at the Bristol Heart Institute. It is an 11-bedded unit caring for critically unwell patients with a variety of cardiac issues.
CCU is a Diamond awarded ward and an exemplar place to work with numerous experienced members of staff who will support you.
Working as a Senior Health Care Support Worker (SHCSW) at University Hospital Bristol and Weston is an immensely rewarding job. A job in which your care can make makes a real difference to patients' lives. We are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and hard-working individuals that also believe in our Trust Values: Supportive, Respectful, Innovative & Collaborative.
Previous experience is essential.
Please look at the job description for further details.
We require everyone to be fully flexible across all shift patterns, including weekdays, weekends, nights and bank holidays
Main duties of the job
Working as a Senior HCSW on the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) you will be involved with direct patient care whilst maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients. You will be working alongside a registered Nurse to provide essential nursing care. You will be helping your patients (both male and female) with daily living tasks, including such washing and going to the toilet (hygiene & continence) or helping with their meals (nutrition).
Helping with mobility needs and providing pressure area care.
Providing emotional support to patients and their families.
Providing one to one observation for patients who present a high risk due to clinical condition.
Ensuring that the ward environment is clean and safe preventing infection and falls.
As a Senior HCSW you will also be taking and recording patients' vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patient's condition to the registered nurse. Some clinical areas may require you to be proficient in additional clinical skills such as ECGs, venepuncture, simple dressings as required by the ward area
When competent you will be training and supporting new and junior team members, including student nurses.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job responsibilities
If you meet the essential criteria, your application will be shortlisted and you will be invited to a face-to-face interview.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
* Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
* Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
* Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work and policies and procedures
* Committed to providing high quality patient care
* Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
* Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
* Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
* Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
* Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
* Be able to work as a member of a team
* Experience of time management and prioritising work
* Previous experience in acute cardiology as a SHCSW
Qualifications and Training
* One of the following; Level 3 (SCQF - 6): - City and Guilds 3 ? NVQ 3 ? BTEC National Diploma ? Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
* Level 2 Functional skills in English and Math's, or equivalent
* Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker) ? Equivalent experience
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.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
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