Job requirements
Essential
4 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
What youll need:
- Experience
Minimum of 6 months Maternity HCSW UK (Private, NHS or Armed Forces) hospital/hospice experience within the last 2 years
- Experience
*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.
- Qualifications
Level 3 Care Certificate or equivalent
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
This position allows you to make a significant impact on patients' lives by providing essential support and compassionate care, all while having the freedom to choose your own working hours. The flexibility of a bank role enables care assistants to balance your professional responsibilities with personal commitments, promoting a healthy work-life balance. The ability to contribute to patient care on a flexible schedule makes this role both rewarding and accommodating.
Main duties of the job
- Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight
- Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
- Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing
- Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Details
- Date posted: 20 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
- Salary: £14.05 to £23.75 an hour
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: M0042-26-0311
- Job locations: London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN, United Kingdom
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This advert is for Maternity Ultrasound Care Support Worker with NHS Professionals Limited in Reading, England. It is listed as a Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £14.05 to £23.75. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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