# Healthcare Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant/6a8a1eb7-b0e9-457b-9d98-fd68996b4536 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant/6a8a1eb7-b0e9-457b-9d98-fd68996b4536.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £31,554 - £33,270 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T14:21:16.781Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthopaedic_Spinal_Surgery/Orthopaedic_Spinal_Surgery-v8307486 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8307486?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Healthcare Assistant-Sky Ward Are you a Healthcare assistant ready for a new challenge? Do you want to work for one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals in the UK? At Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) every patient is special, which means everyone who cares for them must be special too. Many of our patients are on long journeys to recovery, and so our staff build strong relationships with them and their families. You’ll be joining Sky Ward, which focuses on orthopaedics and spinal surgery for children and young people from birth to 16+. It has 18 beds, including a four-bed high-dependency unit (HDU) where we are able to care for patients following complex surgery. This is a chance to specialise in orthopaedic and spinal care as part of a dedicated world-class team of consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, learning disabilities nurses and play specialists. While experience in orthopaedic and spinal nursing is welcome, our patients have a variety of underlying medical conditions, including learning disabilities, so we welcome healthcare assistants from diverse disciplines. We’ll build on your professional development to date with high-quality training, including caring for patients with tracheostomy’s. ### Main duties of the job - To be able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - To demonstrate effective communication skills. - To work within agreed ways of working, under indirect supervision of a registered health care professional (usually a Registered Nurse), following relevant standards, policies and protocols and always acting within the limits of your training and competence. - To exercise autonomy within your given area of responsibility, being accountable for your work and reviewing the effectiveness of your actions. - To demonstrate best practice and supervise others as required. - To follow and demonstrate the Trust Values, Expected Behaviours and Core Values of Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012), and adhere to the GOSH Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers (2013). We are a friendly, welcoming and supportive team and there are opportunities to work across departments gaining new skills in the surgical specialities. Our focus on further education and professional development will accelerate your progress, providing you with a diverse range of skills, whilst our international reputation for the care of children and young people will help to build your prospects. Working at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is a great investment in your future ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Able to carry out administrative and clerical duties appropriate to their work area - Demonstrates a caring and compassionate approach to patients, families and colleagues - Able to organise and work autonomously - Work in a professional manner and in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support workers **Desirable** - Able to contribute to service improvement ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Has the ability to recognise situations that require reporting and demonstrates the ability to escalate to a senior person where appropriate - Knowledge and understanding of the health service - Knowledge and understanding of the needs of child/young person and their families - Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture. - Able to provide essential care to patients as directed - Experience of working as part of a diverse team - Understanding of working with children/young people and their families who are critically or chronically ill - Demonstrable previous experience of providing direct patient care in a hospital or experience in caring for children/young people in a child/young person community healthcare/hospice setting - Previous experience of working with children/young people - Experience of working within a team **Desirable** - Previous experience in participating in audits, clinical trial programmes and training ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Our values | Collaboration| Curiosity | Respect ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - GCSE (Grade 4 – 9) in English and Mathematics or Functional Skills level 2 pass in English and Mathematics or equivalent recognised qualification - NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (e.g. University Certificate of Competence in Principles of Children & Young People Healthcare, advanced diploma, Higher apprenticeship Level 3) or Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 - Evidence of accepted* Care Certificate achievement - Willingness to develop and undertake in-house study ## Documents - [our gosh values (pdf, 516.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3097) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10627433) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.