Senior Healthcare Support Worker (Sponsorship Available) At Barts Health NHS Trust

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Job Title: Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary: £31,554 to £33,270 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 28 September 2026

Job Summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to recruit a Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) Band 3 who will work in 12F at The Royal London Hospital. This post is open to individuals who are both experienced Healthcare Support Workers or those new to care.

Barts Health NHS Trust is 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 patients.

An excellent communicator, they have experience of working in a team, to ensure the comfort, wellbeing and safety of patients.

The postholder will work within the Neurosciences Ward- 12F.

Barts Health has a diverse and busy service that may require staff to be flexible in their working. The post holder will be required to work within a challenging clinical environment and may undertake shift work which will include nights and weekends.

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.

This post attracts individuals who are new to care. You will receive support to complete the Band 3 competencies.

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Barts Health’s vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to 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 Barts Health’s WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide Barts Health in how the organisation works together.

Barts Health strives to live by its WeCare values and is committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. Barts Health values its differences and fully advocates, cultivates and supports an inclusive working environment.

Job Description

Job 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.

Person Specification

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

Experience

Essential

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

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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

How to Apply

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