Senior Health Care Support Worker | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 June 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata / per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 July 2026 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8016709/419-8016709-SHW-FH |
Summary
This post will provide excellent grounding for any Healthcare Support Worker with a genuine interest in children's care and its treatments, and could lead to a rewarding future in York Paediatrics. The post has to offer:
• You will be based on the Paediatric wards in York
• To assist and support members of the multi-professional team in order to provide a high standard of patient - cantered care; performing duties without the need for constant direct supervision.
• Being part of a forward thinking, dynamic, supportive and friendly team
Whether helping with personal care, monitoring vital signs, or assisting with mobility and nutrition, your contribution will be essential to patient safety, dignity, and recovery.
You’ll need strong clinical awareness, adaptability, and commitment to excellence. Responsibilities include collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to care planning, maintaining accurate documentation, and mentoring junior staff to foster learning and improvement. You will uphold our team Trust’s values:
Caring – kindness, compassion, respect
Accountable – responsibility, professionalism, safe care
Respectful – valuing diversity and dignity
Engaging – open communication and teamwork
This position offers a stimulating, supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth and exposure to varied clinical presentations.
As a HCSW you will:
• Assist patients with care needs ensuring that each patient’s physical needs are met with sensitivity and respect, using moving and handling techniques where needed
• Support patients with nutritional needs, offering assistance with meals and hydration
• Monitoring and recording clinical observations is a key aspect of the role. HCSWs are trained to take vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and oxygen saturation, and to report any concerning changes to the nursing or medical team.
• Support clinicians in clinics and assist with weighing and measuring children, during examinations and during procedures
• Undertake paediatric venepuncture and cannulation with appropriate support and training
• Carry out investigations such as 12 lead ECG, POCT investigations and simple wound dressings
• Undertake bladder scanning as required
• Communicate with children, their families and carers appropriately, supporting the clinical workforce in the care and management of the child
• Provide distraction to children where needed utilising play where appropriate
• Ensure the principles of safeguarding are followed at all times
• Clean and disinfect clinical areas as required
• Safely dispose of clinical waste
• Assist with admissions and discharges
By submitting this application you acknowledge that interviews will be held in person ONLY and no remote interviews will be offered.
For further information about working for our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
You must be able to commit to our Full Time HCSW Academy for the first 3 weeks of your employment with our Trust. Please note our HCSW Academy takes place at our training site in Holgate, York. We are unable to provide travel options or reimburse travel costs for attendance at this.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Monday 15 Jun 2026
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