Senior Nursing Assistant - Enhanced Care Team & @Home service

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking experienced Senior Nursing Assistants (Band 3) for the Enhanced Care Team and @Home service. You will support patients returning home from hospital, prevent readmissions, and work alongside experienced nurses to deliver holistic, person-centred care in patients' homes and in hospital settings.

Candidates should have Acute Hospital or NHS community service experience, Care Certificate, and be able to demonstrate risk assessment, de-escalation

Qualifications

• Experience in a hospital setting.
• Care Certificate from an Ofqual regulated awarding organisation (Theory & Practical).
• Good literacy and numerical skills are essential.
• Calm and kind approach.
• Willingness to learn and develop knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients with medical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Assist under supervision in delivering fundamental nursing care and a range of clinical duties in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and/or support coordination of learners and junior staff, acting as a leader and role model for Nursing Assistants/Healthcare Support Worker (band 2).
• Contribute to the implementation and progression of patient treatment and care packages as delegated by a registered healthcare professional; report progress.
• Demonstrate a broad skill base, plan own duties and organise day-to-day work activities.
• Ensure safety and wellbeing of service users and promote dignity and human rights through high-quality person-centred care.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Team player

Compassionate care

Education

Care Certificate

NVQ III in Healthcare

GCSE Maths and English

Job description

Senior Nursing Assistant - Enhanced Care Team & @Home service

A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Join Our Team – Make a Real Difference

We are seeking experienced and motivated Band 3 Nursing Assistants who are passionate about mental health care and have the skills to build therapeutic relationships with patients experiencing distress, crisis or complex mental health needs

Candidates should use their supporting statement to provide specific examples of their mental health experience, risk assessment awareness, de‑scalation techniques and relevant training.

The @home team supports patients returning home from hospital and provides support to stop further admissions to hospital while in their own homes. You would work alongside experienced nurses as part of this dynamic team

• For this role it is essential that you have previous or current Acute Hospital or NHS community services.
• Care Certificate from an Ofqual regulated awarding organisation (Theory & Practical)

Once the advert has closed you will be emailed and ask to send us a copy of your care certificate, if we do not receive this within 48 hours you will not be eligible to be short listed for an interview

If you have been interviewed in the past 3 months you will not be eligible to be reinterviewed in this advert.

Select₀ion process:

Phase 1 Phase 1 will include a basic literacy and numeracy assessment and group discussion.

Phase 2:Those candidates who successfully pass phase 1 will be invited back on another date for interview.

We take pride in setting good standard of care and ensuring our nursing workforce has the necessary skills to deliver the best care possible.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, experienced nursing assistants. You will need to have excellent communication and time management skills.

Teamwork is very important to us - you will be joining a committed team across the trust so being a team player is essential.

We really value our Nursing Assistants' role in our ability to provide holistic care to our patients. You will need a flexible approach, be dedicated and able to role model an excellent level of patient care and experience.We actively support the buddy programme and other opportunities to develop further.

To be part of our Senior Nursing Assistant (Band 3) team, we would like you to have the following qualifications:

• Experience in a hospital setting
• GSCE Maths and English Desirable
• Good standard of literacy and numerical skills is essential
• NVQ III in Healthcare and or a completed Full Care Certificate Programme which is an essential criterion for this role
• A calm and kind approach
• Willingness to learn and develop knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients with medical conditions.

If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

• To assist under supervision in the delivery of fundamental nursing care and a range of clinical duties in liaison with the multidisciplinary team, to ensure the effective and efficient running of the ward/ service.
• To contribute to the implementation and progression of a range of patient treatment and care packages as delegated by a registered healthcare professional; reporting back on progress
• To provide day to day supervision and /or support co‑ordination of learners and juniorstaff acting both as a leader and role model for Nursing Assistants/Healthcare Support Worker (band 2)
• To maintain own personal development with support from ward/departmental manager and provide support and guidance to others to help their development
• To demonstrate a broad skill base, planning own duties and organising own day to day work activities
• To ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of high-quality person‑centred care and principles.

Please see Job description for full details.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Oct 2026

£58,133 - £65,261 p.a. Inclusive of HCA (pro-rata)