Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 23
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker role within the Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit at Evesham Community Hospital, working 23 hours a week. The successful candidate will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to achieve rehabilitation goals for patients. This opportunity offers a challenging and exciting environment to develop new and existing skills in providing patient care. The role focuses on reducing length of stay while ensuring excellent, safe, and compassionate care.
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of nursing adults and / or training
Desirable criteria
- Basic IT Skills
- Experience of working in a care environment
- Nursing experience within the NHS / Hospital Setting
- Experience of working in general medicine or rehabilitation
- Additional Criteria
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
- Willingness to undertake further training
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience
- Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in Trust.
- Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Basic knowledge of nursing adults and / or training
- Basic IT Skills
- Experience of working in a care environment
- Nursing experience within the NHS / Hospital Setting
- Experience of working in general medicine or rehabilitation
- Additional Criteria
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
- Willingness to undertake further training
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience
- Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in Trust.
- Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 11d
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Healthcare Assistant
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
We are
currently recruiting a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker, 23 hours a week, to be
part of our Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit at Evesham Community
Hospital. The candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
to achieve specific rehabilitation goals. This will be a challenging and
exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing
skills.
Evesham
Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services,
providing more care and treatment closer to peoples homes. Emphasis is to
reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective,
personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your
family and friends.
Join our team, we pride
ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and
Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a
long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as
well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.****
Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for
this role. Employment on a time limited
visa doesnt guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
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