Healthcare Support Worker - Cedar Ward

Job description

Package Description: As a Health Care Support Worker, you'll be part of our valued Inpatient team in Chippenham - Cedar Ward. This role is Fixed Term Until June 2026. You will feel valued as a Health Care Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £25,500 pro rata with access to our group pension, free tea and coffee at your base location, membership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, cashback and voucher offers, access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life‐emergencies, and online and face‐to‐face help with your mental and physical well‐being from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‐trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, and career coaching and counselling. You also gain access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.

Main duties of the jobA great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Fixed Term Healthcare Support Worker working on Cedar Ward at Chippenham hospital. Working as a Health Care Support Worker you will be an essential member of the multi‐disciplinary team providing high standard of care for patients as well as support and comfort to family members, friends and carers. In addition to essential care and support you will have the opportunity to develop additional skills, including the monitoring and recording of patient observations, ECGs and phlebotomy. We are open to conversations around flexible working patterns and request that you note we are unable to offer overseas sponsorship at this time. Applicants who have previously applied will not be reconsidered for this role. If you are interested in becoming part of our dynamic team, please come for an informal visit to meet our team or contact us if you have any questions; to arrange this or for further information please contact Jayne Barrett – Jayne.Barrett@hcrgcaregroup.com.

About usWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year. We 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 inclusive of everyone.

Job responsibilitiesPackage Description:

As a Health Care Support Worker , you will be part of our valued Inpatient team in Chippenham – Cedar Ward.

Please note that this role is Fixed Term Until June 2026.

You will feel valued as a Health Care Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

£25,500 pro‐rata 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 such as 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‐emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates

Online and face‐to‐face help with your mental and physical well‐being 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 are 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 ring‐fenced innovation funding each year

Job Introduction

A great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Fixed Term Healthcare Support Worker working on Cedar Ward at Chippenham hospital.

Working as a Health Care Support Worker you will be an essential member of the multi‐disciplinary team providing high standard of care for patients as well as support and comfort to family members, friends and carers. In addition to essential care and support you will have the opportunity to develop additional skills, including the monitoring and recording of patient observations, ECGs and phlebotomy.

We are open to conversations around flexible working patterns.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer overseas sponsorship at this time.

Applicants who have previously applied will not be reconsidered for this role.

If you are interested in becoming part of our dynamic team, please come for an informal visit to meet our team or contact us if you have any questions. To arrange this or for further information please contact Jayne Barrett – Jayne.Barrett@hcrgcaregroup.com.

Main Responsibilities

To work within a multi‐professional team in an Inpatient setting, providing support, care and treatment to individuals within guidelines and protocols identified for the role, including maintaining personal hygiene, continence, mobility, nutrition and hydration. You will be expected to provide a high level of essential care to meet the needs of patients in the ward, promote rehabilitation, encouraging patients to regain and maintain as much independence as possible.

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

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is motivated and compassionate with the following:

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.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team, and are a Disability‐Confident committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work‐environment adjustments and technical solutions to be inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we will need to close it earlier than the date we have shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we would love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

Safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance. We have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you will work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job you will need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Person SpecificationQualifications

Good general education. 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. Typing/data inputting skills. Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.

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

London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

26-05-2026

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