Hyper Acute Stroke Unit Healthcare Support Worker | Barts Health NHS Trust

Are you a caring and compassionate individual with a desire to work within an acute setting. Are you passionate about supporting patients holistically? Do you want to make a positive difference to the lives of people? Are you looking for a career in healthcare? If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you! We currently have vacancies within our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at the Royal London Hospital

The Stroke Unit at the Royal London is one of the 8 Hyper Acute Stroke units in London. Barts Health is part of largest academic health sciences system in the world, our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit benefits from a dedicated research team conducting cutting edge research on the ward. We have an established bed base of 12 Hyper Acute Stroke beds and 14 Acute Stroke beds. The aim of our service is to provide world class stroke care.

If you have the passion to provide kind, safe, compassionate and excellent care we can offer you a great place to work and develop your career. We are focused on improving quality for our patients, their carers/families and for our staff.

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and caring individuals to work as Health Care Support Workers on the unit to provide holistic care to all of our patients. There are extensive opportunities to learn and develop yourself professionally.

**Due to government threshold guidelines the trust is unable to provide sponsorship for this role **

The Health Care Assistant is a member of the ward / department team who implements prescribed care and undertakes administrative activities as directed by a registered nurse.

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.

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.

*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 willbe requiredto complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr