Are you an experienced and compassionate individual looking to grow your healthcare career in one of the UK’s leading NHS Trusts? Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Support Worker to join its dynamic team in London.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with previous experience in a healthcare environment, particularly those who have worked directly with patients and their relatives. Strong basic literacy and numeracy skills are essential, along with a genuine commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate evidence of ongoing professional development, showing a proactive approach to learning and continuous improvement in clinical settings.
A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is available for eligible applicants, making this an ideal role for individuals already in the UK and seeking NHS sponsorship to advance their career.
Join Barts Health NHS Trust and become part of a respected institution known for its excellence in care, professional development, and commitment to patient wellbeing.
About the Trust
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Position: Healthcare Support Worker
Salary: £30,039 – £31,088 a year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: London
About the Role:
The Royal London hospital is looking to recruit Band 3 Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) to join our critical care and surgical teams on our Surgical High Dependency Unit.
This is a 12 bedded high dependency unit caring for complex elective surgical patients from multiple specialties. These include Neuro, Trauma, Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, Gynae-Oncology, Vascular, ENT, and Maxillo-Facial amongst others.
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated HCSWs looking for and exciting new challenge.
We are committed to developing and supporting a modern and flexible career framework within this exciting and evolving service.
We are an organisation that is committed to delivering excellence in patient care and values its staff and patients.We are also signed up to the NHS People Promise and support flexible working through team-based rostering.
Working conditions
Full time / part time
37.5 hours/week (pro-rata)
Internal rotation to days and nights (Monday to Sunday)
We provide a structured supernumerary orientation programme to meet your individual needs and offer opportunities to advance your interest in specialist areas.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be required to work as a team member of the ACCU under the direction of qualified nurses, assisting in the maintenance of a safe, clean and comfortable unit environment.
- The Post Holder will assist the qualified nurse in most aspects of patient care but will not be responsible or accountable for patient care.
Person Specifications
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent qualification).
- Care Certificate Standards
- Relevant clinical training (e.g. venepuncture, ECG, catheter care)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in healthcare environment dealing with patients and relatives.
- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable
- Experience working providing care in hospital or care setting
- Experience working in a high-dependency, surgical or acute care setting.
- Experience taking and recording clinical observations
- Involvement in supporting patients recovery.
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of infection control principles.
- Knowledge of patient confidentiality and data protection.
Desirable
- Awareness of safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of the role of a surgical high dependency unit and patient pathways.
- Understanding of clinical risk and escalation protocols (e.g., NEWS2 scores).
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
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Application Deadline
June 8, 2025