Healthcare Support Worker - Savernake

Job description

Job Introduction
As a Health Care Support Worker, you'll be part of our valued Savernake Inpatient team.

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

£25,00.00 (pro rata to hours worked) 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 your special ones

Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover 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 e‐learning, 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

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.

You will be expected to provide a high level of essential care to meet the needs of patients in the ward. This will include helping to maintain personal hygiene, continence, mobility, nutrition and hydration.

As well as supporting recovery, you will promote rehabilitation, encouraging patients to regain and maintain as much independence as possible.

Additional responsibilities include the opportunity to develop additional skills, such as monitoring and recording patient observations, ECGs and phlebotomy.

Savernake Ward provides 24‐hour care, 7 days a week to our patients, so the ideal candidate will be able to work a variety of shifts.

The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone who is motivated and compassionate with the following:

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

Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills

Driven to achieve

Self‐motivated

Good time management

Benefits
In addition to the benefits above, you will receive a dynamic and supportive work environment, opportunities for skill development and a clear career pathway within the organisation.

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

#J-18808-Ljbffr

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Marlborough

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

06-06-2026

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