L2 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for Healthcare Assistant Apprentices (HCAs) as Band 3 apprentices. You’ll train while working across hospital teams, supporting patients and learning on the job.

You will work 37.5 hours per week across a mix of long days, weekends and night shifts, with salary £24,291–£25,213 annually (including London allowance) and a minimum apprenticeship duration of 13 months, with progression on successful completion.

Qualifications

• Band 3 Healthcare Assistant Apprentice role; training provided through the apprenticeship programme.
• Must be aged 18 or over and able to work a 37.5 hour week.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal care (washing, dressing, feeding).
• Support the registered nurse to care for patients.
• Work a mix of long days, weekends and night shifts (12 hours).
• Travel to different hospital sites as needed.

Skills

Care

Education

Care experience

Job description

L2 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £24,291 - £25,213 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Are you interested in a career in healthcare at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust?

This is an exciting opportunity, and we are recruiting for RFL NHS Foundation Trust for Healthcare Assistant Apprentices (HCAs).

We have a number of vacancies for posts as Healthcare Assistant Apprentices - don’t worry if you haven’t worked in a hospital before, we offer comprehensive training through our apprenticeship programme. If you are fresh from school/college, worked in care or just keen to work within the NHS, now is the time to join the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Due to the nature of this work and working patterns we would encourage people of over the age of 18 years old to apply.

If you have the right attitude and live our values, then we can train you for the role and onto our apprenticeship career pathway that can lead to nursing.

Please note that under the current apprenticeship rules we cannot accept:

• Any applicants requiring sponsorship
• Applicants who have not been residing in UK for the last 3 years
• Applicants whose right to work in UK expires before March 2028

As a band 3 HCA apprentice you will attend classes and work alongside dedicated and passionate colleagues caring for our patients. In your role you will assist patients with their personal care such as washing, dressing, feeding and support the registered nurse to care for the patients. As you may be aware patients require care for 24 hours a day and therefore you will be expected to work a combination of long days, weekends, and night shifts of 12 hours. You will only be expected to work 37.5 hours a week. Please consider how you will travel to work as you may be based at any of our hospitals.

The Band 3 Healthcare Assistant Apprentice’s starting salary will between £24,291-£25,213(including London allowance - dependent on the hospital location). The duration of the apprenticeship is a minimum of 13 months.

Upon completion of a satisfactory probation period and the achievement of the apprenticeship, the salary will rise to the bottom of band 3 under agenda for change£30,630 or £31,554(including London allowance - dependent on the hospital location)

Every single member of staff has an important role to play in bringing the best of the NHS to all our patients.

More than 17,000 people make up the incredible Royal Free London (RFL) team: caring for those when we need them most; ensuring our buildings are clean; providing food for our staff; transporting patients through our endless corridors; and making sure our support services run smoothly.

We have set out an ambitious plan to enable our staff to deliver world-leading healthcare for all our patients, meet growing demand and create a healthier future for local people and those further afield who come to our hospitals for specialist treatment.

Our clinical vision is transforming how we deliver world-class care, and the way people access our services.

Our plan is underpinned by five key principles:

• our focus on world class care, ground breaking research, and best in class teaching

We are embedding these principles across all our hospitals and satellite sites

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Oct 2026