# Health Care Support Worker - Womens & Childrens

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 - £27,476 per hour
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working,
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-20T12:00:43.970Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Healthcare_Support_Worker/Healthcare_Support_Worker-v8244015
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8244015?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To provide care and support to patients and service users with the appropriate supervision available from a Registered Nurse or registered Health Professional.

The Healthcare Support Worker carries out a range of patient care tasks and duties, while being mindful to cater for patient’s individual care needs. The Healthcare Support Worker will therefore enable the team to provide an effective and efficient service within a variety of settings.

You will act as a role model to deliver a high standard of care to promote the delivery of a patient-focused service as appropriately delegated by the Nursing team.

At all times, you will work in accordance with the principles governed by the Trust policies.

### Main duties of the job

The role will be clinically based working daytime shift patterns only. Applicants must have experience in care and hold the National Care Certificate. The role will require applicants to be excellent communicators as they will be working with patients, relatives, staff and the general public. A Band 3 healthcare support worker's main duties include performing a range of delegated clinical skills which includes taking physiological observations , monitoring patients blood glucose while providing fundamental patient care. They are expected to work with minimal supervision, accurately record patient information, and report any changes in a patient's condition to a qualified professional.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding this opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge/Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working in a healthcare organisation/setting, undertaking a wide range of clinical commitments.
- Experience of communication with patients and relatives
- Knowledge of Infection Control & Safeguarding processes
- Experience of working with the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues

### Skills, abilities, and knowledge

**Essential**

- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Accurate documentation with attention to detail

### Qualifications/training and professional development

**Essential**

- Holds Functional Skills Level 1 Maths and English or education equivalent
- Completed National Care Certificate
- Holds a level 2 Vocational Qualification (NCFE or Apprenticeship) in clinical health care OR Able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skill and competency to undertake band 3 clinical skills (described in JD)

**Desirable**

- Speciality specific training and evidence of competencies being achieved and continued development

## Documents

- [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570)
- [our trust (pdf, 674.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2671)
- [say hello to stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393)
- [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315)
- [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 600.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10555300)

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