Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role. Advert We have an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Support Worker 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, then we’ll have a role for you! Apply to join the team at UHS and take the next steps in your healthcare career. Working for our organisation 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. We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information. At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients. At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Southampton General Hospital - Centre block theatres About the team: We cover a wide variety of specialities such as: Orthopaedics, Neuro, Paediatrics, ENT Cardiac and mixed general surgical fields. We are a regional specialist centre and do many pioneering procedures. We have the highest ratio of staff to patients in the hospital and team working is key to our success. The circulating role in theatre is vital to 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 doubled up 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. Whatever level of skill or experience you currently have, if you can demonstrate drive and potential, our comprehensive induction and in-house training teams will help you to reach your full potential. We consider part time application (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 About the team: We specialise in Obstetric & Gynaecology (benign & oncology services, fertility treatment) and breast surgeries and pride ourselves with having a multi-disciplinary team offering services to women and newborn. You will be working with a variety of teams of highly competent and reliable nurses, ODP's and HCA's, complimenting the different consultants working in the department. We are a friendly unit with 4 operating theatres, which provide a 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 which has 6 recovery beds and and 15 day-surgery beds which are open from 7:30-10 pm. We’re recruiting HCAs across all theatre departments at UHS and will allocate you to your department after successful interview. Please note: 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. Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances. For more information about our Trust https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk Getting to work - our travel promise Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars. Our commitment to equality Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance. UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age. How and why we use your information The Trust is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. The European General Data Protection Regulations enhances individuals’ rights and safeguards all of their data in place under the DPA. Find us on social media, we're on: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn