# Healthcare Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/a7063413-9646-4280-adb5-594444ad5d8b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-support-worker/a7063413-9646-4280-adb5-594444ad5d8b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Brighton - **Region:** South East - **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, 37.5 hours per week (7 day roster) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:11:59.573Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Crowborough/Sussex_Community_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Urgent_Care/Urgent_Care-v8031908 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031908?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you want to come and work for the NHS at a time when it needs you more than ever? Join us as a Healthcare Assistant and make a difference every day! Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK ### Main duties of the job - Work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality care to patients attending Crowborough MIU, Uckfield MIU and Lewes UTC, supporting the nursing and clinical teams in the delivery of urgent care services. - Assist registered practitioners in the assessment and care of patients by undertaking delegated clinical tasks such as recording vital signs, supporting prescribed treatments, and reporting any changes in a patient’s condition promptly. - Provide compassionate personal care to patients, including support with hygiene, nutrition and mobility, while promoting independence and maintaining dignity, privacy and confidentiality at all times. - Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to accurate documentation and patient records using the relevant electronic systems. - Assist with patient flow within the units, including observing patients in waiting areas, supporting the discharge process and ensuring patients and carers are involved in their care. - Maintain a safe environment by adhering to infection prevention and control, health and safety, and Trust policies, and by reporting risks, incidents or concerns appropriately. - Contribute to team working across all three sites, participating in team meetings, audits and service improvement activities while acting as a positive ambassador for the Trust ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for details  Please see attached Job Description for details  Please see attached Job Description for details ## Job Details Do you want to come and work for the NHS at a time when it needs you more than ever? Join us as a Healthcare Assistant and make a difference every day! Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes - GOV.UK Health and Care Worker visa: If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements - GOV.UK ## Responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for details Please see attached Job Description for details Please see attached Job Description for details ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Moving and Handling skills - Importance of confidentiality, privacy and dignity. - Ability to problem solve, anticipate and forward plan **Desirable** - Application and problem solving of plaster casts - Recording 12 lead ECG’s - Removal of sutures - Wound care management ### Experience **Essential** - Must be able to undertake nursing observations and able to recognise a deteriorating patient **Desirable** - Experience in acute/emergency nursing care ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good basic education. **Desirable** - NVQ 2/3 and/or Care certificate ## Documents - [hcsw jd (pdf, 186.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319503) - [hcsw jd and ps (pdf, 186.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319504) - [staff benefits brochure (pdf, 484.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2262) - [easy read application form (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2435) - [about sussex community nhs foundation trust (pdf, 632.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2743) - [applicants guide to the use of generative ai in applications (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2971) ## 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.