# Senior Healthcare Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £31,554 - £33,270 per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06T16:10:31.561Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/RLH_SURGERY_PERIOPERATIVE_CRITICAL_CARE/RLH_SURGERY_PERIOPERATIVE_CRITICAL_CARE-v8422251
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8422251?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Royal London Hospital is looking to recruit a Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) Band 3 who will work in Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU). This post is open to individuals who are both experienced Healthcare Support Workers as well as attracting individuals who are new to care. You will receive support to complete the Band 3 competencies and progress into a Band 3 role within 6 months upon successful completion of all required competencies; until then, you will be placed at a Band 2 salary.

We are looking for compassionate and motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care in a hospital setting. The role involves undertaking a range of delegated clinical tasks, such as:

- Patient observations (e.g., monitoring vital signs)
- Assisting with personal care and mobility
- Supporting patients’ nutritional and hydration needs
- Undertaking limited range of delegated duties (e.g. taking blood pressure, recording ECG, MRSA screening)
- Simple wound dressings
- Strong teamworking and communication skills are essential to ensure the comfort, wellbeing, and safety of our patients.
- An excellent communicator, they have experience of working in a team, to ensure the comfort, wellbeing and safety of our patients.

As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral part of the nursing team actively taking part in meeting the needs of patients and of the service in accordance with agreed standards under direct supervision of the registered nurse. The post holder will continue to develop essential competencies though training and practice to ensure safety and quality are the priority.

### 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

**Essential**

- Evidence of providing high quality care.
- To be aware of incident reporting systems and escalation processes.
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills.
- Evidence of good organizational skills.
- Self-motivated to work under minimal direct supervision.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Good communication skills, written and verbal.
- Basic keyboard/ computer skills (e.g. ability to enter patient data onto computer records).
- Contributes to updating patient records,
- To always protect and maintain patient confidentiality and follow information governance policies and procedures.

**Desirable**

- Prepared to undertake further training to develop the necessary competencies and skills.
- Depending on specific service arrangements, to supervise and train more junior staff.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical healthcare setting.
- Experience of dealing with the public.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent.
- Basic literacy and numeracy skills (English and Math’s GCSEs or equivalent.)
- Evidence of ongoing personal development.

**Desirable**

- Level 2 support worker Apprenticeship

## Documents

- [jd/ps (pdf, 544.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10756159)
- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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