Healthcare Support Worker - Sulis Ward

Job description

Join Our Caring Team as a Healthcare Assistant!

Location: Sulis Ward, St Martins Hospital, Bath

Positions Available: Full-time or Part-time

A great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Healthcare Assistant on our Sulis Ward, St Martins Hospital, Bath.

You will join a welcoming multidisciplinary team on our Sulis ward, where our services run 7 days per week.

We provide general medical and stroke rehabilitation for those stepping down from the acute trusts; as well as supporting our primary care colleagues with admission avoidance and stepping up from the community.

Main Duties of the JobMain Description

Key Responsibilities:

Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with individual care plans.

Support daily care and treatment under the guidance of a registered practitioner.

Encourage patient and carer involvement in decision-making.

Promote patient independence and dignity at all times.

Work collaboratively within a multi-professional team.

Ensure clear, respectful communication, including support for language or hearing barriers.

Maintain accurate documentation of patient needs and preferences.

Practice effective infection control and contribute to a safe care environment.

Assist in clinics (e.g. Dressing, fracture) and carry out delegated tasks confidently.

Support junior staff and seek guidance from registered staff when needed.

Obtain appropriate consent and provide or request a chaperone when needed.

Uphold policies, procedures, and professional standards at all times.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Benefits

£25,500.00 with access to our group pension

Free tea and coffee at your base location

Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you

Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates

Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling

Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise

An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Ideal Candidate

Care Certificate or willingness to achieve.

Experience of working under supervision.

Experience of supporting other workers.

Ability to work as a team member.

Delivering patient focused care.

Ability to recognise own limitations.

Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.

Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.

Driven to achieve.

Self‐motivated.

Good time management.

Experience of the NHS.

Experience of work in an acute or urgent health care setting.

Basic wound care knowledge and skills.

Equal OpportunitiesWe are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Bath

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-05-2026

Profession type

Counselling and Social Services

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English