Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Healthcare Support Worker at Elton Rehabilitation Unit in Clevedon, North Somerset, a facility supporting individuals on Discharge to Assess pathway 2. You will provide high standards of individualised, holistic, person-centred care as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Duties include routine care tasks, personal and nursing care, and clinical observations under the direction of a registered nurse. The aim is to support service users in their rehabilitation and complex discharge planning.
Key responsibilities
- Implement and provide high standards of individualised care for service users.
- Work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team (MDT) alongside nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and other allied healthcare professionals.
- Provide holistic, person-centred care and support for service users of all ages in various settings.
- Support registered nurses in the delivery of care and contribute to safe, seamless holistic care delivery within your scope of practice.
- Carry out routine care and health tasks as directed by the registered nurse, including personal and nursing care and practical support.
- Deliver clinical care, particularly observation, blood glucose monitoring, and simple dressings, under the delegation and guidance of a Registered Nurse.
Essential criteria
- Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting
- Able to work without direct supervision, as agreed within the team, to achieve the objectives of the post
- Able to prioritise tasks
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively with a variety of service users with a range of communication needs and/ or cultural backgrounds.
- Able to record succinct and accurate information on the patient record both in writing and electronically
- NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards
Desirable criteria
- Recent relevant experience within the community or hospital setting
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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Sirona care & health CIC
Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Elton Rehabilitation Unit is a 8 bedded facility that is located in Clevedon, North Somerset. The unit is one of a number of community units providing support and active rehabilitation for those people being supported on Discharge to Assess pathway 2 (please see below).
Following a stay in the acute setting, the ethos for all people being discharged is 'home is best' and a large number of people are supported to return home utilising the robust and established ~Discharge to Assess Pathway 1. For those people that are identified as having on-going rehabilitation needs, they are considered to 'stepdown' into a Pathway 2 Rehabilitation, Reablement and Recovery bed at the Elton Rehabilitation Unit.
On the Unit, they will receive therapy intervention and support around complex discharge planning, to enable a timely and safe discharge to their usual residence or to a more suitable location if appropriate.We actively promote a multi-disciplinary model on the Unit, where nursing staff work closely with therapist, social workers, GP's with Special Interest in Older People's Care as well as other Acute and Community colleagues, to ensure the person we are supporting is kept at the heart of every decision
Main duties of the job
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