Job summary
The Pre-operative Assessment Unit is currently looking to recruit a proactive and patient-centred Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join our team.
The successful candidate will be expected to work across site (Bournemouth Hospital & Poole Hospital). However the main site for the successful candidate will be Poole Hospital.
Base Location: Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
This service has a planned move from Bournemouth site to Poole site in 2026
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 6 months experience in a healthcare role
Desirable
- Experience working with the public
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of literacy and numeracy
- Completion of a competency-based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational level 3
Desirable
- GCSE English and Mathematics or equivalent at grade C or above
Technical Skills and Competencies
Essential
- IT and PC competency
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including proven listening and communication skills
- Flexibility/adaptability to be able to work shifts to cover service needs
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to use initiative
- Perform ECG
- Perform physiological observations
Desirable
Knowledge
Desirable
- Understanding of the role of pre-operative assessment in relation to patient care
- Understanding of infection control measures
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Works within and promotes the trust values.
- Behaves in a professional manner at all times by setting and maintaining a high personal and professional standard that enables effective working relationships with others
- Cross-site working
- Standard keyboard skills
- Ability to work with bodily fluids
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivation and reliability
- Ability to respond positively to change
- Flexibile in attitude and behaviour to support team working and delivery of objectives
- Work/Life balance
Language Requirement
Essential
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 6 months experience in a healthcare role
Desirable
- Experience working with the public
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of literacy and numeracy
- Completion of a competency-based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational level 3
Desirable
- GCSE English and Mathematics or equivalent at grade C or above
Technical Skills and Competencies
Essential
- IT and PC competency
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including proven listening and communication skills
- Flexibility/adaptability to be able to work shifts to cover service needs
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Able to use initiative
- Perform ECG
- Perform physiological observations
Desirable
Knowledge
Desirable
- Understanding of the role of pre-operative assessment in relation to patient care
- Understanding of infection control measures
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential
- Works within and promotes the trust values.
- Behaves in a professional manner at all times by setting and maintaining a high personal and professional standard that enables effective working relationships with others
- Cross-site working
- Standard keyboard skills
- Ability to work with bodily fluids
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivation and reliability
- Ability to respond positively to change
- Flexibile in attitude and behaviour to support team working and delivery of objectives
- Work/Life balance
Language Requirement
Essential
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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.
