Healthcare Support Worker

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH You Tube channel .

Many of our recruitment programmes use
Value Based Interviewing
to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please

We have great opportunity for Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) to join our teams in Theatres and Inpatient ward areas.

We are looking for Individuals who are motivated, passionate about healthcare, and want to deliver care with empathy, supporting patients and their families.

Whether you are new to healthcare or an experienced Healthcare Support Worker, we have a clear onboarding framework to support you to settle into your new role, complete the Care Certificate via our HCSW onboarding programme, local competencies, and development to support your growth and progression.

Our current focus is to recruit to areas that include

• Theatres: working in recovery, anaesthetic and scrub areas
• Day Surgery Unit
• Medical Wards
• Sobell House (End of life care)

Successful candidates will be appointed at either Band 2 or Band 3, based on their qualifications, experience, and interview performance. Candidates appointed to a linked Band 2/3 role must successfully complete the HCSW Onboarding Programme, Trust probation, Care Certificate, local competency assessments, and obtain manager approval before progression to Band 3 can be considered.

This post does
not
qualify for visa Sponsorship.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once sufficient applications are received.

As the Healthcare Support Worker you will:

• Provide personal care for our patients, including washing, dressing, toileting and assisting with mobilising and feeding
• Assist registered members of staff to deliver a high standard of care to patients in the ward/clinical area demonstrating compassion, kindness, and sensitivity.
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to put patients at the heart of what you do and recognising different needs by encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork.
• Work as part of the team, under the supervision of trained nurses, assisting with delivery of planned health care, to meet physical, psychological, and social needs of the patients.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors.
• In Theatre Areas
• Provision of a dignified and safe perioperative environment for patients, colleagues and visitors
• Contribution to and participation in the team work of the combined medical, surgical and allied health professional team
• To transport conscious & unconscious patients between all acute care areas, including radiology, wards and operating theatres always ensuring their safety and dignity.
• To participate as a member of the operating theatre team, assisting in providing a safe and clean environment to receive patients during the perioperative episode.
• To be responsible for the decontamination / disinfection of reusable medical devices and medical equipment.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield…