Health Care Support Worker - Cardiology

Job summary

We are expanding our team of Clinical Healthcare Support Workers within our Cardiology Day case Unit (CDCU) and we're inviting caring, compassionate people who are happy to work as part of a large and inclusive team to join us.

If you're kind, caring and passionate about making a positive difference to others, this role could be for you. Our Clinical Health Care Support Workers are integral to our nursing team.

You will be a core member of the team delivering personal care to patients within CDCU. This is a Nurse led Unit open between the hours of 7am and 5pm Monday to Friday caring for a wide range of patients admitted for planned Cardiology Procedures. This ranges from a diagnostic angiogram to a cardioversion to insertion of a complex device (ie Pacemaker). Every day is different and varied.

Many of our Clinical Healthcare Support Workers have progressed to become registered Nurses via the apprenticeship route, with full support from our nursing and education teams.

We prefer previous healthcare experience in this role, but can support your training needs. If you are new to the Royal United Hospital Bath you will start on our induction programme to help you settle in and you will learn the skills you need to do this role and we will start you working towards achieving the Care Certificate (if you do not already hold this qualification).

Main duties of the job

Successful candidate must be competent in completing vital signs,NEWS scores, venepuncture, cannulation and 12 lead ECG.

Preparing and recovering patients who had cardiac procedures under trained nurses supervision.

Must have excellent organisational and communication skills and will be integral the success of daily elective activities.

About us

At the RUH we 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 proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

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.