Job overview

Our Clinical Healthcare Support Workers are integral to our nursing teams. It takes flexibility, commitment and compassion, but in return we can offer you a rewarding career where you can really make a difference and leave at the end of each shift feeling proud of the work you have done to support our patients. 

You will be a core member of the team delivering personal care, both clinical and non-clinical, to patients.  You’ll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence.

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a Health/Health and Social Care role, ideally with experience of working in an acute hospital setting.

If you haven’t got previous care experience, that’s no problem. We’ll teach you everything you need to know. To us, it’s more important that you’re a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families. 

Before you start in your new role, we will provide you with all the training you need. You will start on our induction programme to help you settle in and we’ll teach you all the skills you need to do the role, plus we will start you working towards achieving the Care Certificate.

If you’re looking for a caring role that can open doors to new opportunities, this could be the role for you. Many of our Clinical Healthcare Support Workers progress to registered nurses by taking the apprenticeship route while working at the RUH with full support from our nursing teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan. 

This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change.

Your daily duties will be varied to include: 

·       blood pressure monitoring

·       oxygen saturation levels

·       body temperature

·       pulse rate and respiration rate

·       glucose monitoring, 

·       collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples

·       wound swabs

·       removal of catheters

·       venepuncture

·       recording your actions accurately in patient notes

Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from your knowledge, skills and experience.      

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.