Job summary

An exciting opportunity for healthcare support workers to join our team.

Our hospital provides acute care for patients across Somerset, so we are extremely busy. However our teams are supportive and welcoming, we will encourage you to learn and thrive in your new role and we will provide you with all the training required to deliver excellent care.

We also have development opportunities into senior healthcare support worker roles and even offer nursing apprenticeships if you want to become a nurse in the future. The opportunities are there for you.

We are looking for individuals who are compassionate and caring, great at chatting and listening to our patients to provide reassurance at a time when they may be feeling worried. Overall you must have a commitment to the health and wellbeing of the people we care for.

You need to provide a safe environment for all patients attending an outpatient appointment.

As experience and knowledge is gained provide effective and clinical support to the registered nursing staff in a multidisciplinary approach to patient-centered, care and deliver this care including health promotion on a daily basis.

Important information about work visas:

The role of HCSW does not meet the minimum skill requirement set by UKVI for sponsorship, therefore we are not able to issue a certificate of sponsorships for this role.

certificate of sponsorships for this role.

Main duties of the job

Communicating with patients, relatives and other team members in a sensitive and caring manner.

Ensure clinics run in a timely manner.

To work in conjunction with Trust policies and procedures.

Assist the multi-professional team to prepare and support patients undergoing treatment or investigation and chaperone patients during intimate procedures as required.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!