Senior Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a highly motivated Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join Ward 27, a 34-bedded area specializing in Cardiac and Thoracic surgical needs. You will support Registered Nurses and the multidisciplinary team in delivering direct patient care, focusing on patient comfort within this specialty. The ideal candidate will be reliable, passionate about high-quality nursing care, and committed to improving patient experience. The trust offers a supernumerary induction and ongoing support for personal development.
Essential criteria
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
- Education/ Qualifications
- Evidence of continued development
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3
- Care Certificate
- Knowledge, Training & Experience
- Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment.
- To work effectively as part of a team
- Basic literacy and arithmetic skills
- Understands the importance of confidentiality
- Insight into the needs of patients and colleagues
- Understands the principles of clinical governance
- Shows awareness of risk assessment and risk management
- Previous experience of working as a Nursing Assistant/ HCSW
- Previous experience or a passion to work with Surgical patients
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Able to work well in a team
- Can build a good rapor with patients
- Special Attributes and other
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
- Application Completion
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
- Education/ Qualifications
- Evidence of continued development
- NVQ 3
- Care Certificate
- Knowledge, Training & Experience
- Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment.
- To work effectively as part of a team
- Basic literacy and arithmetic skills
- Understands the importance of confidentiality
- Insight into the needs of patients and colleagues
- Understands the principles of clinical governance
- Shows awareness of risk assessment and risk management
- Previous experience of working as a Nursing Assistant/ HCSW
- Previous experience or a passion to work with Surgical patients
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Able to work well in a team
- Can build a good rapor with patients
- Special Attributes and other
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Senior Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Ward 27 is a 34 bedded area within which are 16 Higher Observation Beds. The ward cares for individuals requiring elective, acute and trauma Cardiac and Thoracic surgical needs.
We are looking for highly motivated nursing assistants to join our team. The individuals will be responsible for supporting the Registered nurse and other Multidisciplinary team members in the delivery of direct patient care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for individuals who can work well within our team, are reliable, and have a passion for the provision of high quality nursing care to improve patient experience.
In return we will of a supernumerary induction period and continuing support and personal development.
The individuals will be responsible for supporting the registered nurse in the delivery of direct patient care. This is assisting in meeting patient comfort within the Cardiac and Thoracic nursing nursing specialty.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching
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