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Healthcare Support Worker - Enhanced Recovery Unit

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, CB2 0AYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

29 October 2026

9 days left

Job description

No experience in healthcare? It's okay, here at Royal Papworth Hospital we'll support and teach you everything you need to know. We are looking for li...

As part of your role, you would be:

If you are a well organised, team player and able to deal with ever changing priorities then we would love to hear from you. As part of our team, we would expect you to be able to effectively multitask and ensure all infection control risks were managed effectively. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality patient care which is enhanced through good and clear communication and team working.

When you start, we'll give you the training you need to feel safe and supported in the role. We'll support you achieving the care certificate, which is a universal qualification, recognised across the health sector. We'll give you training in your specialist area, so you are able to grow and develop your career with us at Royal Papworth.

We're passionate about education and investing in our staff.

Examples of what you may do as part of the role are:

Washing and dressing patients

Serving Meals and feeding patients

Helping patients to move around

Making beds

Communicating to patients and their families

Taking patients observations

Assisting with clinical tasks e.g. taking blood sugar recordings, removing chest drains

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Qualifications

Essential

  • Successful completion of Care Certificate within 12 weeks of appointment
  • Complete specialty-required knowledge competencies within agreed time period (up to 6 months)
  • Must possess a willingness to undertake further study to achieve competency levels required

Desirable: - Specific specialty on-the-job training; - Good general standard of education to vocational level 3 (GCSE 'A' level standard or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

  • Communicating with a range of people from different backgrounds
  • Understanding the role of the Health Care Support Worker
  • Knowledge of personal care and related procedures, clinical observations, relevant legislation
  • Complete specialty-required skills within agreed time period (up to 6 months)
  • Work effectively in a team
  • Demonstrate effective and safe care
  • Contribute to the support and development of new staff
  • Work under pressure
  • Information technology use
  • Attention to detail e.g. patient records
  • Accuracy (words and numbers)
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Good observation skills and recognition of the importance of reporting

Desirable

  • Teaching skills
  • Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Previous care experience in the specialty area
  • Working in acute environment as a Health Care Support Worker

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

23 September 2026

Last checked

25 September 2026

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About the employer

RPH
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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