Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

Integrated Care System; Ruislip; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ruislip seeks a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to provide patient care alongside military personnel. The role includes assisting registered nurses, performing health checks, and maintaining clinical environments. Ideal candidates will have NVQ Level 2/3 in Care and experience in patient care. This full-time position offers flexible working options and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Must have experience in patient care.
• Ability to work under supervision in a clinical environment.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assist registered Practice Nurse with health checks and patient care.
• Prepare and maintain clinical environments and equipment.
• Record accurate consultation data in patient records.

Skills

Patient care

communication

teamwork

Education

National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2/3 in Care

Diploma in clinical health support (Level 2/3)

Job description

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 21 August 2025

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 3 Healthcare Assistantlooking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at Medical Centre, RAF Northolt.

The vacant post is full time working 21.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• On-site parking

Main duties of the job

Working under the direct supervision of the registered Practice Nurse in accordancewith specific practice guidelines and protocols. You will assistthe practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribedprogrammes of patient care to all patients within the medical facilitiesNortholt and Northwood as a combined Network. Assisting theregistered Practice Nurse when conducting invasive and non-invasive nursingprocedures. The post holder will assist medical and nursing staff duringmedical emergencies. Providing high-quality person-centred carewhich always considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using clinicalknowledge that is evidence based.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If youve ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but arenot limited to:

• Under the direction ofregistered Practice Nurse undertake new patient health checks, samplecollection, basic wound care, and basic clinical assessments e.g., recordtemperature, pulse and respiration rates, urine analysis, blood pressure,National Health Service (NHS) over 40s Health Checks, audiometry, blood glucosemonitoring, and other observations as directed reporting any abnormalities.
• Prepare and maintainclinical environments and equipment before, during and after patient careinterventions, including assisting medical officers/GPs during the performanceof minor operations.
• Participate in themanagement of data input and storage of data within the Defence MedicalInformation Capability Programme (DMICP) system.
• Record accurate consultationdata in patients records in accordance with the latest Defence PrimaryHealthcare (DPHC) guidelines and other pertinent standards

Pleaserefer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the fulllist of duties.

Selection Process:

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date.Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV.Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

At interview, you will be tested against the following Framework -

• NHSC1 Communication
• NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
• NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHSC5 Quality
• NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

When choosing your Technical Skills examples, please make sureyou use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilsttechnology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideasof others or those generated by technology, could result in your applicationbeing rejected.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidenceof your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccinationis not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required.Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employmentbeing withdrawn.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service willbe subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effectivefrom the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can beappointed. The level of security needed is security check.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed mustbe held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel,but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when basedat home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares ortemporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the fullpackage, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effecton 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for askilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has beendeemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and wewill not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from thosewho will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, yourapplication will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employmentwithdrawn.

The role currently being advertised has been assessed as business critical.Applications are accepted from candidates who meet the eligibility criterialisted in the advert, including from those who will require sponsorship toenable them to work legally in the UK.

Please note the Civil Service Nationality Rules will also need to be met. TheCivil Service Nationality Rules operate independently and in addition to theUK Immigration Rules and must be met before an individual can take upemployment in the Civil Service. The Civil Service Nationality Rules do notapply to UK, Irish and Commonwealth nationals, or to those who are eligibleto apply to the EU Settlement Scheme but do apply to all other nationalities-including EU/EEA nationals who are ineligible to apply to the EU SettlementScheme.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilitieswho meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonableadjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interviewto declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed withsuccessful candidates following the interview process and before a formaloffer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not becompatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases,prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensurethat appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential,perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptablebehaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment,discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not beconsidered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for suchunacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if youresign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, wouldhave been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in thatemployment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy workingenvironment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of notsmoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke andsupporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-FreeWorking Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products(including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permittedanywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force andincludes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MODpersonnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment withthe Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already inplace at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2/3 in Care or, Qualification in care and credit framework (QCF).
• Diploma in clinical health support (Level 2/3) - Level dependent on service requirement, or equivalent experience.

Provide a CV

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible

Behaviour Statement

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

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.

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

£24,071 to £25,674 a yearPro Rata - *Pay award pending*