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Healthcare Support Worker - Lower Limb Service

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Dawlish, EX7 9DH £25,760 – £27,476 a year Permanent Posted 1 September 2026 Apply by 13 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay

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Role description

Job summary

You will work collaboratively, under direct and indirect supervision of Registered Nurses as a member of the Lower Limb Therapy Service, to deliver gold standard leg ulcer treatments to patients. You will cover across TSDFT Outpatient Clinics

You provide leg ulcer management treatments as required, to include limb reshaping, delegated patient specific compression therapy, and measuring for compression hosiery/wraps as required. To assist in yearly well leg assessments for patients under the LLTS leg leg program

The service aims to promote health and wellbeing, facilitate timely healing for lower limb ulceration and maximise independent living for our patients.

Main duties of the job

  • Work as part of a peripatetic specialist team in Trust wide outpatient clinics delivering leg ulcer management treatments, to include wound bed preparation and compression therapy treatments.
  • Be responsible in the preparation of clinics at the beginning and end of the working day. Complying with infection control protocol.
  • Actively support patients encouraging self-care to prevent leg ulceration recurrence, post healing with the LLTS.
  • Accompany RN to patients' homes to deliver specialist assessments to housebound patients under the care of Community Nursing Services
  • Liaise with members of the wider healthcare teams - Vascular; Podiatry; Tissue Viability Service; Dermatology; GP's and Practice Nurses.

About us

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focused on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon.

And if you do join us, you'll be working in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, with a fantastic quality of life. We actively encourage our people to enjoy a good work/life balance and Devon offers everything from city living to a host of outdoor activities. Whether it's the coast that floats your boat, the adrenaline of white-water rafting, trekking across the moors or being mindful in nature, you'll find it all right on your doorstep.

Why Work With Us?

  • Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.
  • Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle).
  • Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Details

Date posted

01 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

388-8175328-MUEC

Job locations

Dawlish Community Hospital - Base

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Work as a member of a specialist team
  • Document clearly and concisely in patient notes utilising Trust wound care documentation
  • Communicate using a variety of resources face to face; telephone; email in a timely manner
  • Communicate with patients, and their families and friends
  • Communicate with other specialist surgical and medical services; Community Nurses; GPs and other relevant Health and Social Care professionals
  • Take part in team meetings, encouraging effective communication between other staff
  • Escalate any incidents, and/or near misses immediately to the RN clinic lead, and complete reporting via Datix.
  • To work within the agreed Clinical Governance Framework, incorporating audit, clinical effectiveness and incident reporting.
  • To work within the limits of own competence and responsibility within the team and organisation, as identified by the appropriate accountable professional.
  • To educate and support patients/carers in the use of equipment in accordance with Local Guidelines and within own competence.
  • To encourage, enable and support individuals, wherever possible, to gain or maintain confidence, independence and participation in social, recreational and community activities.
  • To attend mandatory and other appropriate training courses to meet personal development objectives and to assist in the training of others as directed.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Please note:Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification/experience
  • Basic IT skills - Microsoft Word & Email use

Desirable

  • Tissue Viability experience or qualification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a good level of literacy, numeracy, verbal and written skills
  • Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to communicate with individuals of varying levels of understanding
  • Good record keeping skills

Desirable

  • Understanding of basic wound care as relevant to the role
  • Knowledge of leg ulcer management
  • Experience of compression bandage application

Specific skills

Essential

  • Experience of working in a caring environment
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the rights of the patient
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety within a healthcare setting

Desirable

  • Experience of leg ulcer management
  • Compression bandage application
  • Tissue Viability 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dawlish Community Hospital - Base

Barton Terrace

Dawlish

EX7 9DH

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk

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