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Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Job Title: Healthcare Support Worker
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £31,554 to £33,270 a year
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 15 September 2026
Job Summary
Barts Health NHS Trust is looking for enthusiastic and experienced Health Care worker to join the Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit at the Bart’s Heart Centre based at St Bartholomew.
The Bart’s Heart centre is a cardiac hospital that accepts elective and emergency patients as well as patients that are admitted via the busy heart attack centre.
The post holder will need to have excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach to caring for patients within the critical care environment.
The successful candidate will support the ward manager and the team in ensuring quality of care is constantly improving and the service is developing and supporting Barts Health NHS Trust objectives and values.
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 need to have excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach to caring for patients within the critical care environment.
The successful candidate will support the ward manager and the team in ensuring safe, quality care is constantly improving and the service is developing and supporting Barts Health NHS Trust objectives and values.
Support registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
This role covers a 24 hour service and you are required to do long days, night duty, weekends and bank holidays.
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.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on the improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted Barts Health NHS Trust out of special measures, the Trust now has the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which it is continually striving to improve all services for patients.
Barts Health NHS Trust’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 the WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide staff in how they work together.
Barts Health NHS Trust strives to live by the WeCare values and is committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. Barts Health NHS Trust values 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Experience
Essential
- GCSE in maths and English language or minimum of Key Skills Level 1 in literacy and numeracy.
- Experience in working in a team
- Experience of working with the public and demonstrating strong customer care skills
Desirable
- Health care / caring experience
- NVQ Level 2 in Healthcare
Knowledge
Essential
- Understands the job role
- Knowledge of the principles of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act
- Demonstrates an understanding of the need for patient focused care
- Awareness of physical, psychological, cultural and social needs of patients
- Understanding of the need for respect, trust, courtesy and effective communication with both patients and staff
Desirable
- Knowledge of infection control procedures
- Knowledge and experience in the use of ICTpackages
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal communication
- Clear written communication
- Able to organise own workload
- Ability to work under supervision
- Able to use own initiative
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills
- Able to work calmly within the pressured environment
- Able to work well within a diverse team
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
How to Apply
If you’re interested in this role, visit the company’s official website for more information — click here to submit your application.