SUPPORT WORKER

Job Description:

• Healthcare support workers play a vital role in providing excellent care to patients across all NHS care settings.
• HCSW can help patients with social and physical activities, personal care, mobility, meal times, booking appointments etc.
• HCSW may also take observations of patients, including temperature, pulse, respiration and weight.
• HCSWs can work in hospitals, GP practices, peoples own homes or in the community; roles can vary depending on the environment in which they work.
• HCSW can work with many different patient groups, of all ages, including those receiving acute care, people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or mental health conditions, and in maternity services.
• The HCSW role can also lead to a range of career opportunities, with the right support, those who exemplify the skills and core values essential to delivering high-quality, compassionate care could, and can, go on to become our future nurses, nursing associates and midwives.