Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

We are looking for an individual who wants to work with a Nursing team in a busy Outpatient Clinic. You would be providing and developing clinical skills and providing high quality care to patients. An opportunity has arisen to join our dedicated and supportive team working in Andover Pre-Assessment Clinic.

Main duties of the job

To support the qualified practitioners in the delivery of a five day a week service.

To work under the overall supervision of the qualified professional.

To be responsible for implementing delegated tasks which form part of the patient's care and reporting back to the supervising qualified professional.

Carrying out tests to provide the information required for a comprehensive surgical pre-assessment. To include: Height, Weight, Blood pressure checks, ECGs, Blood tests.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.