Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This Healthcare Support Worker role in an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) involves providing high-quality urgent and emergency care to both adults and children. You will develop clinical competencies such as cannulation, venepuncture, wound care, and ECG recording, working across Newton Abbot, Totnes, and Dawlish Hospitals. The role requires excellent teamwork and communication, contributing to patient assessments and safeguarding, all within a supportive and fast-paced environment.
Essential criteria
- Experience within healthcare
- NVQ level 3/ care certificate
- Experience of working with children and adults
Desirable criteria
- Wound care experience
- Application of plaster of paris
- IT skills
- Experience within healthcare
- Experience within healthcare
- NVQ level 3/ care certificate
- Experience of working with children and adults
- Wound care experience
- Application of plaster of paris
- IT skills
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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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
Are you a compassionate, motivated, and caring individual looking to make a real difference when patients need it most? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Newton Abbot Hospital. This rewarding role offers the chance to provide high-quality urgent and emergency care to both adults and children in a fast-paced and supportive environment.
Our UTC treats a wide range of minor injuries and illnesses, ensuring every day brings new challenges and learning opportunities. You'll gain valuable experience caring for patients of all ages while helping to ensure they receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
We're proud of our friendly, supportive, and highly skilled team. We are committed to staff development, continuous learning, and service improvement, providing opportunities to enhance your clinical expertise and progress your career.
If you're passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and want to be part of a team that makes a genuine difference to the local community, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help provide exceptional care when it matters most.
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