Health Care Support Worker

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and change lives for better? Are you passionate about working in healthcare? Then this opportunity is for you.

Place based urgent care units in South Gloucestershire and South Bristol promote a multi-disciplinary model in which clinical staff work closely with the other healthcare professionals within the setting, this ensures our patients receive the highest level of care. This is also an amazing opportunity for your career development!

Your role is key to the service and will provide support to the practitioners, collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and contribute positively to the delivery of high-quality, compassionate care. You will assist with both clinical and non-clinical duties and ensure the patients attending the unit receive timely assessment and treatment.

The service offers treatment for adults, children and young people for a wide range of minor injuries, meaning that no day is the same working in the PBUC units.

Main duties of the job

• Greet, register, and assist patients attending the MIU/UTC
• Support clinical staff taking and recording vital signs
• Carry out basic wound care
• Support patients with mobility, comfort, and personal needs.
• Assist with procedures such as plaster application or removal
• prepare and restock clinical rooms and trolleys
• Assist in maintaining infection prevention and control standards
• Escort patients to radiology, other departments, or discharge areas.
• Clean and prepare equipment for use

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

083-8329872-HO

Job locations

Place Based Urgent Care

Yate MIU or Hengrove UTC

Bristol

BS375AF

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job descriptions for both roles attached for full duties and responsibilities.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job descriptions for both roles attached for full duties and responsibilities.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of direct client care in the urgent care setting
• Experience in carrying out phlebotomy services
• Experience in providing dressing and wound care
• Experience of caring for patients (adult essential and children desirable) who present with a range of presenting conditions

Desirable

• Experience in community and acute settings

Qualifictions and Training

Essential

• Evidence of recent training and maintenance of competence.
• Basic knowledge of the recognition of the deteriorating sick patient
• Knowledge of the reporting procedures in the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and children and basic principles associated with the mental capacity act
• Basic Life Support Adults/Children

Desirable

• Achieved or working towards NVQ L 3 Health and Social Care

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of direct client care in the urgent care setting
• Experience in carrying out phlebotomy services
• Experience in providing dressing and wound care
• Experience of caring for patients (adult essential and children desirable) who present with a range of presenting conditions

Desirable

• Experience in community and acute settings

Qualifictions and Training

Essential

• Evidence of recent training and maintenance of competence.
• Basic knowledge of the recognition of the deteriorating sick patient
• Knowledge of the reporting procedures in the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and children and basic principles associated with the mental capacity act
• Basic Life Support Adults/Children

Desirable

• Achieved or working towards NVQ L 3 Health and Social Care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Place Based Urgent Care

Yate MIU or Hengrove UTC

Bristol

BS375AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Place Based Urgent Care

Yate MIU or Hengrove UTC

Bristol

BS375AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job descriptions for both roles attached for full duties and responsibilities.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of direct client care in the urgent care setting
• Experience in carrying out phlebotomy services
• Experience in providing dressing and wound care
• Experience of caring for patients (adult essential and children desirable) who present with a range of presenting conditions

Desirable

• Experience in community and acute settings

Qualifictions and Training

Essential

• Evidence of recent training and maintenance of competence.
• Basic knowledge of the recognition of the deteriorating sick patient
• Knowledge of the reporting procedures in the Protection of Vulnerable Adults and children and basic principles associated with the mental capacity act
• Basic Life Support Adults/Children

Desirable

• Achieved or working towards NVQ L 3 Health and Social Care