Healthcare Support Worker - Centralised Advert - Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Healthcare Support Worker - Centralised Advert - Oxford, Oxfordshire
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
Healthcare Support Worker
Ready to make a difference?#Join us, #Teamouh, come and be part of a team that values kindness, empathy, and respect and start your Healthcare Career with us!
We are looking for Individuals who are motivated, passionate about healthcare, and want to deliver care with empathy, supporting patients and their families. We deliver exceptional patient care with compassion and respect and make a real difference in patients' lives and want to recruit candidates who are aligned with our values in the way they deliver patients care, and work with colleagues in our diverse teams. Successful candidates will be willing to learn and contribute, in multidisciplinary teams to deliver compassionate excellence for patients and team outcomes with kindness.
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
- Trauma wards
- Oncology Day Treatment
- Day Surgery Unit
- Medical Wards
This post doesnotqualify for visa Sponsorship.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once sufficient applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will be appointed at Band 2 or Band 3, depending on qualifications and experience. Candidates appointed to a linked Band 2/3 role must complete relevant competency requirements and obtain manager approval before band 3 progression can be considered. Progression is subject to the availability of Band 3 vacancies and, where there is more than one interested candidate for a vacancy, may require participation in a competitive selection process.
Full training is provided, no previous experience as a Healthcare Support work is required.
As the HCSW 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.
- Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and learning from successes and setbacks
- Evidence commitment to the Oxford University Hospitals vision and values
About us
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 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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 YouTube channel.
Details
Date posted
11 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25,272 to £27,476 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
321-CENT-B2-HCSW-SEP
Job locations
Oxfordshire
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job and person specification for full details. The healthcare support worker will be expected to undertake the following duties under the supervision of a registered practitioner:
Patient Care
- Assist all patients with their personal care needs, empowering patients or families/carers and actively encouraging participation. This may involve maintaining hygiene needs for individuals such as helping patients to wash and dress themselves and assisting with toileting needs, maintaining privacy and dignity at all times.
- Prepare patients, families/carers and the environment for clinical activities supporting patients and their families/carers and preparing specific equipment as necessary.
- Participate in the initial assessment of patients needs, under the direct supervision of a registered practitioner.
- Observe and report the patients condition to a registered practitioner as required.
- Monitor closely patients having undergone a clinical activity ensuring their safety and wellbeing and reporting to a registered practitioner as required.
- Assess and monitor the patients skin integrity and report and document immediately any changes or concerns in their condition.
- Assist patients to meet their food and fluid intake giving attention to special diets, supplements and cultural requirements. In order to avoid malnutrition, ensure an age appropriate nutritional assessment is undertaken (e.g. MUST). All food, nutritional supplements and fluid intake to be recorded accurately as required.
- Actively encourage all patients, families/carers to share the responsibility for the maintenance of their health and to promote healthy living where appropriate and identified as part of the care plan.
- Assist patients to mobilise safely, taking account of development/physical needs using equipment and techniques as prescribed and recorded in the plan of care contributing to the falls and moving and handling risk assessment. Undertake patient transfer and escort duties between departments as appropriate and as per policy.
- Recognise when a patients condition changes and seek advice and expertise from registered practitioners in accordance with Trust policy.
- Assist in the care of a patient requiring end of life care in accordance within their spiritual and cultural needs.
- Assist as appropriate in the support of families/carers of patients receiving end of life care.
- Assist with the collection of specimens as requested such as mid-stream urine, stool, sputum, urine analysis and hospital acquired infections ensuring accurate labelling and transportation as per trust policy and in accordance with the training provided.
Communication
- Contribute during handover process to ensure continuity of care and to accurately feedback to a registered practitioner the care given to patients during the shift and of any changes in the patients condition.
- Communicate effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers, using all methods of communication. Where there are barriers to understanding, arrange access to information, support and other services to aid effective communication.
- Greet all patients and visitors to the department with courtesy and respect, being mindful of age specific body language and tone of voice, demonstrate sensitivity and empathy.
- Help patients, families/carers and visitors orientate themselves to their surroundings when admitted to the ward/department providing written and verbal information as required.
- Answer telephone calls (and bleeps) appropriately and efficiently, accurately relaying messages to both colleagues and patients using SBARR as appropriate.
- Use paper and electronic systems to retrieve and record patient information in line with Trust documentation standards and operational systems. Ensure information is accurate and securely maintained.
- Apply the principles of information governance and patient confidentiality to all aspects of your role.
- Obtain age/capacity appropriate consent from the patient/family or carer/guardian before any clinical intervention is undertaken; where this is not given, report this to a registered practitioner.
- Participate in discussions about ward and departmental issues at ward/departmental meetings.
- In instances when a patient/family, carer or visitor feels the need to raise concerns or complain seek support from a registered practitioner.
- Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues.
- Ensure patients, families and carers are kept informed of delays with their treatment, investigations and clinic times as required when known.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job and person specification for full details. The healthcare support worker will be expected to undertake the following duties under the supervision of a registered practitioner:
Patient Care
- Assist all patients with their personal care needs, empowering patients or families/carers and actively encouraging participation. This may involve maintaining hygiene needs for individuals such as helping patients to wash and dress themselves and assisting with toileting needs, maintaining privacy and dignity at all times.
- Prepare patients, families/carers and the environment for clinical activities supporting patients and their families/carers and preparing specific equipment as necessary.
- Participate in the initial assessment of patients needs, under the direct supervision of a registered practitioner.
- Observe and report the patients condition to a registered practitioner as required.
- Monitor closely patients having undergone a clinical activity ensuring their safety and wellbeing and reporting to a registered practitioner as required.
- Assess and monitor the patients skin integrity and report and document immediately any changes or concerns in their condition.
- Assist patients to meet their food and fluid intake giving attention to special diets, supplements and cultural requirements. In order to avoid malnutrition, ensure an age appropriate nutritional assessment is undertaken (e.g. MUST). All food, nutritional supplements and fluid intake to be recorded accurately as required.
- Actively encourage all patients, families/carers to share the responsibility for the maintenance of their health and to promote healthy living where appropriate and identified as part of the care plan.
- Assist patients to mobilise safely, taking account of development/physical needs using equipment and techniques as prescribed and recorded in the plan of care contributing to the falls and moving and handling risk assessment. Undertake patient transfer and escort duties between departments as appropriate and as per policy.
- Recognise when a patients condition changes and seek advice and expertise from registered practitioners in accordance with Trust policy.
- Assist in the care of a patient requiring end of life care in accordance within their spiritual and cultural needs.
- Assist as appropriate in the support of families/carers of patients receiving end of life care.
- Assist with the collection of specimens as requested such as mid-stream urine, stool, sputum, urine analysis and hospital acquired infections ensuring accurate labelling and transportation as per trust policy and in accordance with the training provided.
Communication
- Contribute during handover process to ensure continuity of care and to accurately feedback to a registered practitioner the care given to patients during the shift and of any changes in the patients condition.
- Communicate effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers, using all methods of communication. Where there are barriers to understanding, arrange access to information, support and other services to aid effective communication.
- Greet all patients and visitors to the department with courtesy and respect, being mindful of age specific body language and tone of voice, demonstrate sensitivity and empathy.
- Help patients, families/carers and visitors orientate themselves to their surroundings when admitted to the ward/department providing written and verbal information as required.
- Answer telephone calls (and bleeps) appropriately and efficiently, accurately relaying messages to both colleagues and patients using SBARR as appropriate.
- Use paper and electronic systems to retrieve and record patient information in line with Trust documentation standards and operational systems. Ensure information is accurate and securely maintained.
- Apply the principles of information governance and patient confidentiality to all aspects of your role.
- Obtain age/capacity appropriate consent from the patient/family or carer/guardian before any clinical intervention is undertaken; where this is not given, report this to a registered practitioner.
- Participate in discussions about ward and departmental issues at ward/departmental meetings.
- In instances when a patient/family, carer or visitor feels the need to raise concerns or complain seek support from a registered practitioner.
- Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues.
- Ensure patients, families and carers are kept informed of delays with their treatment, investigations and clinic times as required when known.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxfordshire
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Oxfordshire
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment and Retention Lead
Carol Forde-Johnston
Details
Date posted
11 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25,272 to £27,476 a year Per Annum / Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
321-CENT-B2-HCSW-SEP
Job locations
Oxfordshire
Headley Way
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
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