As a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker you will be a core member of the team delivering personal care, both clinical and non-clinical to patients. You’ll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence. To assist in patient care and other ward/department related duties under the supervision of the trained nurse.

This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change.

Your daily duties will be varied to include:

• blood pressure monitoring
• oxygen saturation levels
• body temperature
• pulse rate and respiration rate
• glucose monitoring,
• collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples
• wound swabs
• removal of catheters
• venepuncture
• recording your actions accurately in patient note

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath , learn about our extensive package of staff benefits , and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research .

Qualifications

Essential criteria

A Qualifications and credit framework ( QCF) Level 3. This could be an NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in health/social care.

Able to demonstrate knowledge and skills gained through the equivalent level of employment experience.

Care certificate

Desirable criteria

competent in venepuncture

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Able to understand and communicate in English both verbally and in writing.

Numerical and analytic skills to do patient observations

previous experience working in health care with stroke patients

Able to work in a team environment

Have a customer-focused approach which is essential to providing patients with the best possible experience and working together with colleagues and other teams across the Trust

Basic but essential IT skills to access required systems such as electronic patient records

Desirable criteria

Experience working as a health care support worker

Skills

Essential criteria

Good written and verbal communication skills in the English language

Good IT skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Ability to be flexible

Personal qualities and physical attributes

Essential criteria

Flexible approach to shift patterns and unit needs

Able to work under direct supervision

Good time management skills