Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Are you an experienced Healthcare Support Worker ready for a new challenge? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Centralised Outpatients Department!Our busy department sees on average 7000 patients per week in clinics covering:

• Gate 5 - Vascular, Rheumatology, Haematology, Renal, Colorectal and Upper GI clinics.
• Gate 12 - Orthopaedics, Medicine (Cardiology, Diabetes, Respiratory and Endocrinology)
• Gate 24 - Dermatology, Upper GI surgery and Colorectal
• Gate 36 - Neurology, Infectious Diseases, ENT and Care of the Elderly
• Cossham Hospital - covers all of the specialties listed above.
We want to recruit a Senior Healthcare Support Worker who has a passion for working in the healthcare sector and who can demonstrate enthusiasm for learning and development and safe patient care. You will need to be flexible to accommodate the various shift times and patterns within the Trust and occasionally cover clinics in our off site facilities in Cossham, Yate, Thornbury, and South Bristol. It is likely that this advert will close early if we receive a high volume of applications. In line with HM Government immigration rule changes, visa sponsorship for this role will cease from 31 December 2026. Please take this into consideration when submitting your application., A Senior Healthcare Support Worker (SHCSW) is a core member of the team delivering direct care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan. You will carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare, or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner, in accordance with the Trust values. There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs. Training will be provided to ensure you have the required core skills and skills set specific to your area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not have this qualification.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston. With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. 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 theSouth Westhas to offer.