Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Health Care Support Worker to join our amazing team in the Children's Outpatients.

Are you motivated and enjoy the challenges of helping to look after children and young people? Do you want to be part of a proactive and dedicated paediatric team and develop your skills? If your answer is yes, then this could be the job for you. Shifts in Children's Outpatients will start at either 08.30, 09.00, 09.30 and 10.00 and are 7.5 hour shifts.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop their skills and knowledge within the clinical setting and supported within the QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework). Children's Outpatients fully supports all of our nursing staff in their career development and you will have the opportunity to be considered for the TNA (Trainee Nursing Associate).

The Children's Ward has a Practice Facilitator team that will provide support and provide teaching for you in Outpatients.

Main duties of the job

What tasks will you do?

As a Health Care Support Worker you will help patients feel as comfortable and stress-free as possible. You'll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will vary depending where you are based, but overall a typical day as a Health Care Support Worker in this role will involve:

• Undertake training for venepuncture 
• Provide care for children, young people and families attending the unit for appointments and other day cases 
• Booking of day case appointments
• Performing ECG's
• Helping with the running of clinics

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.