Senior Health Care Support Worker
The closing date is 27 November 2025
The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are recruiting 2 part time Senior Health Care Support Workers to join a friendly, dynamic and progressive team based within the Maxillofacial Team on the Castle Hill Hospital site.
The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a busy outpatient service delivering specialist clinics, including urgent suspected cancer referrals from GP's and from General Dental Practices. The Senior Health Care Support Worker will assist the Registered Practitioner in delivering safe, high quality clinical care to patients at all times.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join us on a permanent part-time basis. You will be a pivotal member of the team, assisting and supporting the registered nurses and surgeons in the running of clinics and acting as a patient advocate to ensure patients receive a high quality consultation.
The role involves chaperoning patients during clinical examinations and procedures, working on the Nurse Led Clinic applying basic/complex dressings, performing venipuncture, obtaining and recording vital signs, performing ECGs, measuring height and weight, taking swabs, and general housekeeping. You will also work cross site at our Trauma Clinic based at Hull Royal Infirmary, and at the Westwood Suite as a circulator within a theatre setting.
You must be flexible in your approach to work, with previous evidence of effective team working. Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both verbally and written. Be adaptable and able to lead and embrace change, whilst ensuring patient safety is always maintained.
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 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 regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should this advert receive a high volume of applications, it may be closed earlier than stated.
Person Specification
Application Completion
* ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
Education / Qualifications
* Knowledge of care procedures acquired through a base level of theoretical knowledge to level 3.
* Care Certificate or willingness to work towards attaining it.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Recent experience working in a healthcare environment. Previous caring experience.
* Competent in a range of clinical competencies relevant to the ward/department area.
* Previous experience of an out‑patient department or surgical area.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Ability to work well in a team and under own initiative, without direct supervision.
* Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace.
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to prioritise workload.
* High level of interpersonal skills.
* Approachable and caring.
* Ability to work within complex care setting/stressful situations.
Special Attributes and other
* Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy.
* Flexible and reliable.
Other Requirements
* Must be willing to work flexibly.
* Able to work unsocial hours including weekends and bank holidays as the service requires.
* Potential for cross site working as the service demands.
* Understands requirements for health and safety.
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
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