Job overview
Our Clinical Healthcare Support Workers are integral to our nursing teams. It takes flexibility, commitment and compassion, but in return we can offer you a rewarding career where you can really make a difference and leave at the end of each shift feeling proud of the work you have done to support our patients.
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.
Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a Health/Health and Social Care role, ideally with experience of working in an acute hospital setting.
If you haven’t got previous care experience, that’s no problem. We’ll teach you everything you need to know. To us, it’s more important that you’re a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families.
Before you start in your new role, we will provide you with all the training you need. You will start on our induction programme to help you settle in and we’ll teach you all the skills you need to do the role, plus we will start you working towards achieving the Care Certificate.
If you’re looking for a caring role that can open doors to new opportunities, this could be the role for you. Many of our Clinical Healthcare Support Workers progress to registered nurses by taking the apprenticeship route while working at the RUH with full support from our nursing teams.
Main duties of the job
You will be supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.
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 notes
Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your knowledge, skills and experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information about the opportunity.
Person specification
essential
Essential
- • Completed Care Certificate or ability to complete within 6 months of appointment
- • Experience in a public facing/customer care role or environment
Desirable
- • NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent or above in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards an award • ESOL level 2 or equivalent (if English not first language). • Literacy level 1 or equivalent (GCSE D-G) to be demonstrated at interview • Numeracy level 1 or equivalent (GCSE D-G) to be demonstrated at interview •
Experience
Essential
- Good written and verbal communication in the English language
- Previous experience in a Health/Health and Social Care role
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience / Understanding of NHS/Social care system
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This advert is for Clinical Healthcare Support Worker - Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) with Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in Bath, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (pro rate if part-time). The contract type is Permanent: End Date after 12 months of commencing post. The application deadline is 02 Jul 2026.
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