# Healthcare Support Worker – clinical care - Cringleford Orthopaedics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker-clinical-care-cringleford-orthopaedics/03f8cbf7-b41f-4089-bcbf-3a318edcd3ef - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker-clinical-care-cringleford-orthopaedics/03f8cbf7-b41f-4089-bcbf-3a318edcd3ef.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-18T12:33:28.695Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elective_Orthopaedics/Elective_Orthopaedics-v8094699 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8094699?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join #TeamNNUH and our amazing Trauma & Orthopaedic team as we recruit for Healthcare Assistants on Cringleford Orthopaedics. We are looking for Health Care Assistants to join our busy hospital in our Elective Orthopaedic Ward and orthopaedic department. We work closely with our sister units, Ashill and Gateley. Cringleford Elective Orthopaedics specialises in joint replacements, spinal surgery and some trauma cases, and are proud of our their most recent achievement of GOLD Ward Accreditation which reflects on their commitment to excellent patient care. ### Main duties of the job This role involves working as part of a skilled multidisciplinary team to support patients throughout their orthopaedic journey, as a trauma patient or via the elective pathway. You will deliver compassionate, high-quality care under the supervision of registered staff, assisting with personal care, mobility, observations, theatre preparation, post-operative recovery and accurate documentation, while communicating effectively with patients and colleagues. We are looking for a caring, motivated and reliable individual who enjoys teamwork and takes pride in their work. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer night-only contracts, and night shift requests are limited. In return, we offer a welcoming environment, strong leadership, ongoing training and opportunities to develop specialist skills. Our teams live the PRIDE values—People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence. If you want to feel valued, supported and proud of the care you deliver, elective Orthopaedics is the team for you. With the ongoing support of your team, and our outstanding training and development, you'll be able to take your career anywhere you want – whether that's having more responsibility or even becoming a team leader or registered health professional. Hear from our Health Care Assistants talking about their role, and what being a Health Care Assistant means to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6W-HYJwC04 ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. ## Job Details Join #TeamNNUH and our amazing Trauma & Orthopaedic team as we recruit for Healthcare Assistants on Cringleford Orthopaedics. We are looking for Health Care Assistants to join our busy hospital in our Elective Orthopaedic Ward and orthopaedic department. We work closely with our sister units, Ashill and Gateley. Cringleford Elective Orthopaedics specialises in joint replacements, spinal surgery and some trauma cases, and are proud of our their most recent achievement of GOLD Ward Accreditation which reflects on their commitment to excellent patient care. ## Job Description This role involves working as part of a skilled multidisciplinary team to support patients throughout their orthopaedic journey, as a trauma patient or via the elective pathway. You will deliver compassionate, high-quality care under the supervision of registered staff, assisting with personal care, mobility, observations, theatre preparation, post-operative recovery and accurate documentation, while communicating effectively with patients and colleagues. We are looking for a caring, motivated and reliable individual who enjoys teamwork and takes pride in their work. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer night-only contracts, and night shift requests are limited. In return, we offer a welcoming environment, strong leadership, ongoing training and opportunities to develop specialist skills. Our teams live the PRIDE values—People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence. If you want to feel valued, supported and proud of the care you deliver, elective Orthopaedics is the team for you. With the ongoing support of your team, and our outstanding training and development, you'll be able to take your career anywhere you want – whether that's having more responsibility or even becoming a team leader or registered health professional. Hear from our Health Care Assistants talking about their role, and what being a Health Care Assistant means to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6W-HYJwC04 ## Responsibilities Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good numeracy and literacy skills, clear and effective reading and writing in English language ### Experience **Essential** - Some previous experience in a nursing/Care Assistant role which can be demonstrated against the requirements of the role. ### Qualifications **Essential** - City and Guilds NVQ Level 3/ T levels/ A levels in Care/Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent experience - Completion of care certificate within 12 weeks of start date ### Attitude, aptitude **Essential** - Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence - Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809) - [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901) - [job description (pdf, 632.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10388258) - [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367) - [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473) - [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166) - [our nnuh diverse ability staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.