Band 3 Health Care Assistant - Trevor Howell Ward

st georges nhs trust; Tooting; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, based in Tooting, invites applications for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant on Trevor Howell Ward. You will support qualified nurses with holistic patient care and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The role covers assisting with bathing, meals, observations and basic procedures, with training provided. It is a full-time, permanent position with NHS visa guidance; flexible to nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Provide high quality, holistic patient care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Assist nursing staff with bathing, feeding, and mobility as required.
• Be flexible to night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.
• Hold Care Certificate or demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Applicants must have at least 12 months remaining on their visa at start of employment.

Responsibilities

• Feeding patients and supporting nutrition.
• Washing and repositioning patients.
• Completing observations such as pulse, BP and temperature.
• Venepuncture and cannulation with training.
• Providing emotional support to patients and families.

Job description

Band 3 Health Care Assistant - Trevor Howell Ward

Company: A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Salary: £31,554 - £33,270 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)

Hours: Full-time

Location: Tooting, SW17 0QT

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 13 Oct 2026

Closing date: 12 Nov 2026

• We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed individual to join our dynamic team on Trevor Howell Ward.
• The environment offers opportunities to expand your experience if you looking to pursue a career in Nursing or other avenues within the Trust. It will also provide you with vital skills in your journey of a Health Care support worker.
• You will need to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care in conjunction with working with the other multidisciplinary team, to provide high quality nursing care to patients and their families, in accordance with agreed policies.
• Working under the supervision of the qualified nursing staff, the healthcare assistant will participate and support the members of the multi-disciplinary team in delivering high quality patient care.
• To assist with nursing care as instructed by the nursing staff, including bathing, bed making, assisting with eating and drinking and helping with meals as necessary.
• To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others, and to comply at all times with the requirements of the Health & Safety regulations.
• To ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another does on the grounds of sex, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national or sexual orientation.

Due to the high volume of interest in this role, we may need to close this vacancy before the closing date.

We are currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants who already hold a visa that allows them to work in the UK are welcome to apply. However, the Trust will not be able to offer sponsorship once that visa expires. For induction, training and operational reasons, applicants must also have at least 12 months remaining on their visa at the start of employment.

Applicants must either hold a valid Care Certificate or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience. Please make sure you include these details in your application.

1. Shortlisting of applications
2. Basic Maths & English Assessment - Date TBC (Via Ms Teams - please note that the assessment session will be recorded)
3. Interview - Date TBC (Face to Face)

You will support our trained nurses in delivering high quality care. Duties include:

• Feeding patients and supporting nutrition
• Washing and repositioning patients
• Completing observations e.g. pulse, blood pressure and temperature.
• Completing ECG or bladder scanning (with additional training)
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Supporting patients with toileting
• Basic wound care
• Emotional support for patients
• End of life care
• Providing enhanced care to patients, e.g. those with dementia
• Infection control measures e.g. cleaning equipment and changing bedding.

You should possess good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

A kind, caring, compassionate and professional attitude is essential along with being able to work in a busy environment.

You will be required to be fully flexible and willing to work night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

This advert closes on Friday 16 Oct 2026

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