Theatre Care Support Worker Full Time

Are you looking to start your healthcare career within the NHS? Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting New to Care Health Care Support Workers who are passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate care.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to patients’ lives whilst gaining valuable skills and qualifications.

For the right candidate who can deliver the values of FHFT, we will support and develop your career and help you grow to become the best Health Care Support Worker you aspire to be.

Please note this is a front facing clinical role where a high level of spoken and written English language is required. Please do not use AI software for completion of your application for this role.

What We Offer

• Paid employment while completing your apprenticeship
• Structured training and development wrapped around these posts
• Supportive team environment to work within

Applications are for full time 37.5 hours worked over 3/4 days or nights, doing 07:30 – 19:30 day shifts or 19:00-07:30 night shifts covering 7 day and nights per week. Applicants should be willing to travel to accommodate cross-site working if required.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail. In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals – working alongside a reliable and friendly team.

You will also have access to a full program of training and development as well as a range of employee benefits.

When joining Frimley Health, we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs.

Main Duties Of The Job Are

• Support the delivery of person-centred care under the supervision of registered and non registered nursing staff.
• Assist patients with personal care (bathing, dressing, toileting, meals).
• Help with non-clinical duties in a ward or department.
• Ensure patient safety, dignity, and wellbeing at all times.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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This vacancy is linked with the opportunity for Apprenticeship (for those eligible for Apprenticeships). This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain a national recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health. You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar Healthcare qualification.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please note that this role does not qualify for Visa Sponsorship.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Some Of The Core Requirements For The Post

• Must be currently in the UK with the right to work
• Meet government apprenticeship eligibility criteria
• High standard of spoken and written English
• Please do not use AI software to complete your application
• These posts do not offer visa sponsorship

Some of the core tasks required for the role include:

• Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
• To act as an advocate for patients within the department/ward/unit.
• To follow FHFT guidelines, policies, and procedures in maintaining safe working practices for patients and colleagues.
• To ensure that patients’ receive high quality communication and a good experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs, or principles.

Elements of the Job Description and the Person Specification may be screened at interview. We reserve the right to terminate the interview if it is felt these are not met.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of general education, eg GCSE’s or equivalent functional skills Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy
• Willingness to work towards and complete the Healthcare Support Worker level 2 apprenticeship

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a care award NVQ
• Vocational qualification at level 2 or equivalent relevant experience
• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a team, undertaking duties as requested

Desirable criteria

• Experience in healthcare setting
• Experience of working in theatres
• Experience of dealing with the public

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Physical ability to carry out activities required e.g manual handling loads, transferring patients and pushing beds
• Good interpersonal and teamworking skills under sometimes difficult conditions
• Manual dexterity to assist within theatre environment eg opening sterile supplies
• Good basic hygiene skills (e.g., food handling, hand washing etc.)
• Ability for caring for people with compassion.
• Understanding of the requirements of patient confidentiality
• Ability to learn new skills
• Ability to follow a clear instruction and accept constructive professional feedback

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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