Senior Healthcare Support Worker

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title:

Healthcare Support Worker
- Dermatology
- Royal South Hants Hospital

Contract Type:
Permanent

Under current Home Office rules, this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.

If joining as a Band 2, this role requires a 9‑month training period, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK for the full duration. If your current visa does not provide at least 9 months of remaining permission to work from the start date, we are unable to progress the application.

If you are joining as a band 2 this position is part of a development programme that supports you to grow into a band 3 role, with a pay increase upon successful completion.

If you have experience of working as a Band 3 HCSW within the NHS, we will assess your experience and responsibilities against the competencies required for this position. Where these competencies are met,
we will match your current pay and banding.

This role requires acute hospital experience as a Healthcare Support Worker. It is most likely the successful candidate will already be working as a Band 3 HCSW.

Are you looking for a career change? Are you looking for a job where no two days are ever the same?

Come and join our dynamic and friendly team! An excellent opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 3 Senior Health Care Assistant to work in the Southampton

Dermatology Centre based at the Royal South Hants Hospital. The Southampton Dermatology Centre operates from 08.00 – 18.00 Monday to Friday, with some optional out of hours/ weekend working.

You will be assisting in the management of the smooth running of clinics within the Department and Medical Outpatients Department and assisting the clinicians in our Day Case surgical rooms also leading the new upcoming Skin Analytics photograph clinics to name just a few of the varied job roles within the speciality of Dermatology.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

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