Skin Health Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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 role involves assisting and supporting Minor Operations and Dermatology clinics within the Skin Health service, working under the direction of doctors and independently for protocolised treatments. Key duties include preparing for minor operations, assisting with patient procedures, collecting and labelling specimens, applying dressings, and providing non-clinical advice to patients. The HCA will also manage stock for clinics and contribute to improving working practices.
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- To be able to work on own initiative
- To be adept at problem-solving
- To be able to prioritise tasks and respond appropriately to changing requirements.
- To be computer and IT literate
- To be empathetic towards distressed and anxious patients
- Staff are required to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless the member of staff has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Desirable criteria
- To be able to function well within a team comprised of a range of staff (clinicians, admin, receptionists, HCAs, leads and coordinators
- To have knowledge of SystmOne
- Qualifications & Skills
- NVQ3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- To be able to work on own initiative
- To be adept at problem-solving
- To be able to prioritise tasks and respond appropriately to changing requirements.
- To be computer and IT literate
- To be empathetic towards distressed and anxious patients
- Staff are required to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use with business insurance (unless the member of staff has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
- To be able to function well within a team comprised of a range of staff (clinicians, admin, receptionists, HCAs, leads and coordinators
- To have knowledge of SystmOne
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.
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Job summary
To assist and support the delivery of Minor Operations and Dermatology clinics within the Skin Health service under direction of the Skin Health doctors, and run clinics independently to deliver protocolised treatment under the direction of the Skin Health Service co-ordinator
Main duties of the job
o To communicate effectively with clinicians, the service coordinator, HCAs, the service lead and the administrative team in the Adult referral hub
o To undertake preparation for Minor Operations, setting up clinics and equipment in treatment consulting rooms
o To attend Minor Operations and assist in the preparation of patients for investigations and procedures as directed by clinicians
o To assist in the collection of specimens from lesions and biopsies, labelling and delivering specimens
o To apply simple post-operative dressings and pressure dressings
o To provide non-clinical advice, information and guidance to patients in relation to interventions and treatments.
o To order stock for Dermatology and Minor Operation clinics and undertake stock control
o To comment on Standard Operational Procedures relevant to the role and propose changes to working practices for own working area.
o To work under the direction of the service coordinator
o To be able to concentrate at the computer for long periods, with interruptions during tasks in which accuracy is
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