Healthcare Assistant in England

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a dedicated and compassionate Band 3 Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) to join our Enhanced Supervision Team at Charing Cross Hospital. As an essential member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, holistic, patient-centred care. Working under the guidance and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), Midwife, or Nurse Associate (RNA), you will support the delivery of care for patients requiring additional monitoring and supervision—either on a 1:1 basis or within a co-horted bay. This role is fundamental in ensuring the safety, comfort, and dignity of some of our most vulnerable patients.

We're looking for someone who is compassionate, patient-focused, and motivated by delivering excellent care. Able to work well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment. Committed to learning and developing within the role. Reliable, adaptable, and attentive to patient safety and wellbeing.

Why Join Us?

At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to grow. In this role, you will make a meaningful difference to patient experience and care quality. Work alongside skilled healthcare professionals who are passionate about delivering outstanding care. Benefit from access to learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Main duties of the job

• Provide enhanced supervision and support to patients with increased care needs.
• Assist in the delivery of direct patient care, ensuring individual needs are at the centre of everything you do.
• Undertake a range of core clinical skills, with the opportunity to develop specialty-specific competencies depending on the ward or area.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to promote high standards of care.
• Support colleagues by covering duties within your level of knowledge, skills, and training.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

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.

Person specification

Education/qualifications

• Essential criteria: Completed Care Certificate or equivalent experience.
• Able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy and communication skills in English to carry out the duties of the role (known as functional skills), or GCSE or equivalent experience.
• Bedside Emergency Assessment Course for HCA's (BEACH) or willingness to undertake.

Desirable criteria

• Further qualifications and training relevant and required by the speciality of this post.
• Level 2 or 3 Health Care qualification/apprenticeship, or completion of Band 3 Excellence in Care Competencies for existing Band 2 substantive HCSW.

Experience/Skills

• Essential criteria: Experience of working in Acute Hospital setting or care background, in a Band 2 HCSW role or equivalent.
• Experience of delivering personal care to patients.
• Experience of using computers or willing to undertake training in local computer systems.
• Knowledge of basic IT systems or willing to undertake training.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of taking clinical observations.
• Awareness of changing agenda within NHS.
• Previous experience of complex health needs.
• Competently perform a range of the core skills relevant to the area of speciality.

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