Senior Health Care Support Worker - Theatres

Are you an experienced Healthcare Support Worker looking for a new challenge? Have you considered a career in theatres?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join our dedicated team in Bristol Royal Infirmary and St Micheals Theatres.

This is a unique and rewarding role where you'll support patients at their most vulnerable - before, during, and after surgery. Compassion, flexibility, and the ability to work effectively as part of a team are essential qualities for this position.

You will be required to work a range of shifts, to cover Days Nights and Weekends to support the needs of the service.

To help you settle in, we offer a supported supernumerary period when you join us, ensuring you feel confident and well-prepared in your new role.

Come and be part of a team that makes a difference every day.

Main duties of the job

For a more detailed main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications are received.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

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

Full-time

Reference number

387-S3233-GB

Job locations

BRI STMH

UPPER Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
• Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
• Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work and policies and procedures
• Committed to providing high quality patient care
• IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
• Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
• Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
• Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
• Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
• Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role *

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
• Be able to work as a member of a team
• Experience of time management and prioritising work
• Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives

Desirable

• Experience of working in a theatre environment

Qualification and Training

Essential

• One of the following : Level 3 (SCQF 6): City and Guilds 3 /NVQ 3 /BTEC National Diploma/A-levels / Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
• Level 2 Functional skills in English and Maths, or equivalent
• Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker) orEquivalent experience

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
• Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
• Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work and policies and procedures
• Committed to providing high quality patient care
• IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
• Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
• Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
• Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
• Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
• Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role *

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
• Be able to work as a member of a team
• Experience of time management and prioritising work
• Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives

Desirable

• Experience of working in a theatre environment

Qualification and Training

Essential

• One of the following : Level 3 (SCQF 6): City and Guilds 3 /NVQ 3 /BTEC National Diploma/A-levels / Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
• Level 2 Functional skills in English and Maths, or equivalent
• Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker) orEquivalent experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BRI STMH

UPPER Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BRI STMH

UPPER Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal
• Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
• Demonstrate an awareness of healthcare work and policies and procedures
• Committed to providing high quality patient care
• IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision to a high standard
• Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames
• Flexible and adaptable to change, able to work a range of shifts and moving across wards/unit dependant on clinical need
• Able to demonstrate calm, caring patient manner / attitude
• Enthusiasm and commitment to working within the healthcare setting
• Able to meet the physical and developmental demands of the role *

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
• Be able to work as a member of a team
• Experience of time management and prioritising work
• Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives

Desirable

• Experience of working in a theatre environment

Qualification and Training

Essential

• One of the following : Level 3 (SCQF 6): City and Guilds 3 /NVQ 3 /BTEC National Diploma/A-levels / Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
• Level 2 Functional skills in English and Maths, or equivalent
• Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker) orEquivalent experience