Health Care Support Workers will work under the guidance of a healthcare professional and your job will vary depending on where you are based, for example, you may:

  • Wash and dress patients
  • Serve meals and help to feed patients
  • Help people to move around
  • Make beds    
  • Make patients feel comfortable
  • Monitor patients’ conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight
  • Take blood samples
  • Chaperone medical and nursing staff as required
  • As well as ensuring delivery of individualised, person centred care, including self-care

Skills and personal characteristics:

  • Kind and caring
  • Open and honest
  • Willing to be hands on with patients
  • Willing to do personal care tasks (washing, toileting, etc)
  • Able to follow instructions and procedures
  • Able to work in a team but use their own initiative

You’ll also need:

  • Communication skills, including listening
  • Organisational skills
  • Observational skills
  • Basic IT skills

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