# Healthcare Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/4f3bb7c3-de8c-4d70-b20a-e88d22fb5df2
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/4f3bb7c3-de8c-4d70-b20a-e88d22fb5df2.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Guildford
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,768 Pro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2025-12-29T12:46:58.481Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Guildford/Royal_Surrey_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Access_Medicine/Access_Medicine-v7705112
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7705112?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We’re looking for individuals with or without health and care experience join our Royal Surrey family in a fast paced, multidisciplinary hospital environment, with opportunities across our sites.

No experience? 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. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great healthcare support worker.

Right from the time you join us, you’ll have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you’ll acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.

Here at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, we take pride in being a leading provider of NHS services in Surrey, committed to delivering high-quality patient care and supporting our staff to fulfil their true potential and ensuring patients receive expert, responsive care across a broad range of specialist services.

Please note this is a rolling advert, so you may be invited in for assessment/interview, as and when the managers require candidates.

Please note this role does not meet the UKVI requirements for sponsorship.

Shift patterns include long days (12.5 hour shifts) and night shifts on a 24/7, 365-day basis, including bank holidays and weekends.

### Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant/Healthcare Support Worker, your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

- Supporting patients across specialist areas
- Assisting with daily activities, including personal hygiene, mobility, and nutritional support.
- Supporting clinical teams by collecting samples, conducting swabs, and monitoring fluid intake/output.
- Observing and recording vital signs (e.g., temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation).
- Helping patients undergoing treatments.
- Using appropriate equipment to safely assist patient movement and care delivery.
- Responding swiftly to patient needs in all settings

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At Royal Surrey, we value and invest in our Healthcare Assistants by providing:

- ·         A comprehensive induction programme mapped to the Care Certificate Framework.
- ·         Structured support to complete the National Care Certificate within 3 months, celebrated in a recognition ceremony.
- ·         A shortened induction programme for candidates who already hold a Care Certificate and have acute NHS experience.

You will be asked to complete a values based assessment before we shortlist your application, if you are unsuccessful at this, or do not complete it, we will not consider your application further.

Please note this role does not meet the UKVI requirements for sponsorship.

Shift patterns include long days and night shifts on a 24/7, 365-day basis, including bank holidays and weekends.

Please note this is a rolling advert, and you may be contacted for interview/assessment, when managers require new starters.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience

**Desirable**

- Care Certificate

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Used to managing conflicting priorities and deadlines

**Desirable**

- Previous experience in patient contact position
- Knowledge of acute hospital setting

## Documents

- [rsft staff benefits (pdf, 393.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2284)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 707.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9965550)

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