Join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker and take the next step in your healthcare career with a Certificate of Sponsorship available for eligible candidates. This part of the NHS is renowned for delivering outstanding patient care and offering excellent training and development opportunities. In this rewarding role, you will provide high-quality personal care and support to patients, ensuring their comfort, dignity, and wellbeing at all times. Applicants should have experience in delivering personal care, along with a completed Care Certificate or equivalent experience. You must also be able to demonstrate strong literacy, numeracy, and communication skills in English (functional skills), or hold GCSEs or equivalent qualifications. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference while advancing your skills within one of the UK’s most respected healthcare trusts.
About the Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, formed in 2007 and home to a community of over 12,000 staff working together with partners to deliver better health, for life. Serving more than a million patients every year across central and north London, the Trust provides acute and specialist care through five renowned hospitals: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s and the Western Eye, alongside expanding community and digital services that support integrated care.
With a global reputation for cutting-edge research, innovation and excellence in education, Imperial College Healthcare brings exceptional expertise across diverse clinical specialties. The Trust forms part of one of the UK’s six academic health science centres through its close partnership with Imperial College London and other NHS trusts, translating pioneering research into improved patient care.
As the host of one of the National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centres, Imperial College Healthcare remains committed to driving innovation and delivering outstanding care, education and research — creating a positive impact locally, nationally and worldwide.
Position: Healthcare Support Worker
Salary: £30,546 – £32,207 per year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: London
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Cardiac department for highly motivated, confident and forward thinking individuals to work as band 3 healthcare assistants.
We have full time and part time positions available with a mixture of long days and nights, Monday – Sunday within our cardiac wards – A7/CCU, C8 ward, and A9 ward at Hammersmith Hospital.
A7 is a 25-bedded inpatient cardiology ward incorporating a 5-bedded coronary care unit (CCU) and 20 step-down beds including monitoring and telemetry. A7 is the predominant receiving unit for patients admitted via our Heart Assessment Centre running the 24/7 primary PCI and arrhythmia service that covers North West London.
C8 comprises of 18 mixed cardiology and care of elderly beds caring for pulmonary hypertension patients requiring assessment and ongoing treatment, heart failure patients needing stabilisation of their condition and TAVI patients’ pre/post procedure are all cared for within this setting.
A9 ward is a 20-bedded Cardiothoracic Surgical ward caring for patients with complex cardiac and thoracic needs both pre and post-surgery. As well as taking step downs from ITU following extensive Cardiac surgery our service is evolving and Enhanced Recovery for Thoracic Surgery has been introduced.
You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a genuine enthusiasm for providing high quality, individualised patient centered care.
Main duties of the job
- Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust professional appearance policy and infection control policy.
- Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours and behave in a manner fitting with the responsibility this brings to maintain the public confidence.
- Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff, patients and families, and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person they come into contact with.
- Uphold the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the client group and respect equality and diversity of everyone at all times.
- Work collaboratively with others in the care setting to ensure that patients’ needs are met.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Person Specifications
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Completed Care Certificate or equivalent experience
- Able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy and communication skills in English to carry out the duties of the role (known as functional skills), or GCSE or equivalent experience
- Bedside Emergency Assessment Course for HCA’s (BEACH) or willingness to undertake
- Desirable
- Further qualifications and training relevant and required by the speciality of this post
- Level 2 or 3 Health Care qualification/apprenticeship, or completion of Band 3 Excellence in Care Competencies for existing Band 2 substantive HCSW
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in Acute Hospital setting or care background, in a Band 2 HCSW role or equivalent
- Experience of delivering personal care to patients
- Experience of using computers or willing to undertake training in local computer systems such as Cerner
Desirable
- Experience of taking clinical observations
- Experience in undertaking ECG
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Able to communicate clearly and concisely using a variety of methods including, face-to-face and in writing
- Awareness of risks, identifying them and alerting appropriate personnel
- Knowledge of basic IT systems or willing to undertake training
- Good time management skills including ability to work to set deadlines
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Competently perform a range of core skills relevant to the area of speciality
Benefits
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
To apply for this role, please visit the NHS WEBSITE
Application Deadline
August 24, 2025