Health Care Support Worker - General Surgery/Vascular

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) Band 3 for the Royal London Hospital. This position suits individuals new to care as well as those with experience. The role involves providing compassionate care, assisting patients with various needs, and participating in multi-disciplinary team activities to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a patient care setting or customer-facing environment preferred.
• Willingness to work towards diploma level 2.
• Basic numeracy and literacy required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care, mobility, and basic clinical tasks.
• Support patients' nutritional and hydration needs.
• Undertake delegated duties like recording ECG and dressing wounds.

Skills

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Caring and compassionate

Competence in recording and basic interpretation of vital signs

Capable of dealing with sensitive and distressing situations

Ability to use initiative and coordinate own workload

Education

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Job description

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Posted:

02.06.2025

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17.07.2025

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Job overview

Barts Trust is looking to recruit a Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) Band 3 who will workin ward 10E at Royal London hospital. This post is open to individuals who are both experienced Healthcare Support Workers or those new to care.

Individuals that are new to care will receive support to complete the Band 3 competencies and progress into a Band 3 role within six months upon successful completion of all required competencies.

We are 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:

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 our patients.

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

The post holder will work within 10E (Vascular Ward): Is dedicated beds for the management and care of vascular patients. This will involve close MDT working for patients requiring urgent and emergency vascular procedures.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Healthcare Support Worker will be an integral part of the ward/department 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 nurses, nurse associates and midwives. The post holder will develop essential competencies though training and practice to ensure safety and quality are the priority.

Working for our organisation

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 our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our 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 our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main 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.

This post attracts individuals who are new to care. You will receive support to complete the Band 3 competencies and progress into a Band 3 role within 6 months upon successful completion of all required competencies; until then, you will be placed at a Band 2 salary.

*PLEASE NOTE – WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE*

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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.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of working in a patient care setting or customer facing environment

Skills

• • Good communication and interpersonal skills
• • Capable of dealing with sensitive and distressing situations
• • Able to use initiative and co-ordinate own workload
• • Caring and compassionate
• • Competence in recording and basic interpretation of vital signs.

Knowledge

• • Basic Numeracy and Literacy
• • Understanding of some of the special needs of people during illness

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent or willing to work towards diploma level 2