Healthcare Support Worker - Day Ward
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time opportunity for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker in the Day Ward department. The role involves admitting, preparing, and discharging up to 50 patients daily for elective cardiac and thoracic procedures. You will perform venepuncture, 12-lead ECGs, and facilitate enhanced recovery and criteria-led discharge. The position requires a well-organised team player who can multitask and manage infection control risks, working Monday to Friday from 06:45 to 20:00.
Essential criteria
- GCSE English or equivalent standard of written and spoken English
- Must possess a willingness to undertake further study to at least NVQ L3 or equivalent
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment
- Previous healthcare experience in a hospital setting
- Ability to treat all information confidentially
- Ability to work within a team and to take instruction
- Ability to achieve work under pressure
- Able to write and record relevant information
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks such as moving patients
- Previous experience of Phlebotomy
- Able to work effectively, with minimal supervision in providing a care to meet patients' needs
Desirable criteria
- Have a working knowledge of the conditions for which patients are being treated and how these can affect recovery and dependency
- Have a working knowledge of the needs of users and who to communicate with regarding such needs
- Proficient in cannulation
- Be active in data collection for the purposes of standards and service improvement, ensuring changes are implemented as recommended
- Additional Criteria
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- GCSE English or equivalent standard of written and spoken English
- Must possess a willingness to undertake further study to at least NVQ L3 or equivalent
- Previous experience in a healthcare environment
- Previous healthcare experience in a hospital setting
- Ability to treat all information confidentially
- Ability to work within a team and to take instruction
- Ability to achieve work under pressure
- Able to write and record relevant information
- Able to undertake manual handling tasks such as moving patients
- Previous experience of Phlebotomy
- Able to work effectively, with minimal supervision in providing a care to meet patients' needs
- Have a working knowledge of the conditions for which patients are being treated and how these can affect recovery and dependency
- Have a working knowledge of the needs of users and who to communicate with regarding such needs
- Proficient in cannulation
- Be active in data collection for the purposes of standards and service improvement, ensuring changes are implemented as recommended
- Additional Criteria
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
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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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker - Day Ward
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
A full time opportunity has arisen for you within our Day Ward department for a band 3 healthcare support worker. Our Day Ward is a busy nurse-led unit, admitting, recovering and safely discharging up to 50 patients a day for elective cardiac and thoracic investigations and procedures.
Day Ward is a fast paced ward, with an ever changing workload-working across the Trust to facilitate flow.
If you are searching for a better work-life balance, then day ward might be the place for you. We are open Monday to Friday from 06:45 to 20:00.
Interviews will be held face to face at Royal Papworth Hospital on 15th October 2026
Main duties of the job
As part of your role, you would be:
*Admitting and preparing patients for their procedures
*Performing venepuncture, 12 lead ECGs and other specialist skills.
*Facilitating an enhanced recovery and criteria led discharge
*Working within the discharge lounge to facilitate safe discharge across the hospital
If you are a well organised, team player and able to deal with ever changing priorities then we would love to hear from you. As part of our team, we would expect you to be able to effectively multitask, and ensure all infection control risks were managed effectively. We pride ourselves on deliver
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