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Employer: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Healthcare Assistant
Location: London, United Kingdom
Salary: £31,554 to £33,270 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 25 September 2026
Job Summary
Are you looking to join a friendly and highly skilled team that is dedicated to providing the highest levels of care for children and young people? Do you wish to advance in a rewarding specialism that offers cutting-edge technologies?
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a highly skilled healthcare Assistant join Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to work in their well-established team within the Heart and Lung Directorate.
This is an exciting time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Cardiac Nursing. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is expanding its service and need your help.Cardiac services are embarking on an exciting programme of change in order to meet the challenges of providing a world leading cardiac programme.
Over the next 2 years Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is expanding the service to open a 16 bedded high dependency Unit. This will help children needing cardiac surgery to be nursed in the right place at the right time allowing for timely discharges. You can help be part of this change.
Main Duties of the Job
- To work collaboratively as part of the healthcare team, helping registered nurses and other healthcare practitioners in the work associated with providing care to meet the health and well-being of the child/young people and their families
- Work with the registered nurses to meet the daily living needs of children and young people
- Provide comfort, reassurance and support to the child/young person and their families if anxious or distressed
- Communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with the healthcare team, the child/young person and their family/carers/visitors
- Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages and pass on written and verbal information to the healthcare team, the child/young person and their family/carers/visitors
- Assist in maintaining a clean environment that is conducive to safe practice, cleaning patient equipment as required
- Monitor and maintain the environment, equipment and resources
- To attend annual mandatory training and other training opportunities relevant to role.
- To participate in additional training and development opportunities in order to enhance professional development
About Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust’s anti-racism commitment is backed by action through its Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with its REACH staff network.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust actively challenges discrimination, dismantles barriers and embeds equity across all aspects of its workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust particularly welcomes applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust’s staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women’s Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.
Together, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is building a culture where inclusion is not optional – it is essential.
Job Description
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.
Job Responsibilities
Person Specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential
Our Always values
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
- Care Certificate
- Willingness to develop and undertake in-house study
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. Including: ? Nutrition and hydration ? Dignity and respect ? Infection control ? Safeguarding vulnerable people ? Health promotion Confidentiality
- Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
- Able to provide essential care to patients as directed
- 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
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
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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