Enhanced Care Support Worker - Band 3
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 02/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves providing direct patient-centred care as an Enhanced Care Support Worker within Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will support nursing teams and multi-disciplinary teams, focusing on vulnerable patients who require one-to-one observation or cohort care. The position requires working varied shifts, including long days, nights, and weekends, across different hospital settings. You will assist with hygiene, mobility, vital signs, and therapeutic interventions, ensuring compassionate and professional behaviour.
Essential criteria
- level 2 English and Maths
- NHS Care Certificate
- Level 3 qualification in a health and social care related topic
Desirable criteria
- further training related to mental health
- Recent experience working as a health/enhanced care support worker in the UK
- Working as part of a team
- mental health care experience
- enhanced care experience in the NHS
- Trust vision, values and behaviours and strategic objectives
- Understanding of the role of the Enhanced care Support Worker in the hospital setting.
- Understanding the ETOC programme
- Excellent communication skills
- Competent IT skills
- Caring and Compassionate
- Empathy and understanding and ability to provide excellent patient centred care
- Ability to work under pressure and manage challenging situations
- Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
- Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the patients, the team, the service and the Trust. This could include shift work during a 7-day working pattern.
- Residing in UK with a valid right to work documentation to work in UK.
- level 2 English and Maths
- NHS Care Certificate
- Level 3 qualification in a health and social care related topic
- further training related to mental health
- Recent experience working as a health/enhanced care support worker in the UK
- Working as part of a team
- mental health care experience
- enhanced care experience in the NHS
- Trust vision, values and behaviours and strategic objectives
- Understanding of the role of the Enhanced care Support Worker in the hospital setting.
- Understanding the ETOC programme
- Excellent communication skills
- Competent IT skills
- Caring and Compassionate
- Empathy and understanding and ability to provide excellent patient centred care
- Ability to work under pressure and manage challenging situations
- Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
- Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the patients, the team, the service and the Trust. This could include shift work during a 7-day working pattern.
- Residing in UK with a valid right to work documentation to work in UK.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £27,106 – £28,850 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Enhanced Care Support Worker - Band 3
The closing date is 02 October 2026
Job summary
NO SPONSORSHIP offered for this post!
Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals are expanding their Enhanced Therapeutic and Observation Care Service (ETOC) and will be recruiting a number of Enhanced Care Support Workers (ECSWs)
Reporting directly to the Trust's Enhanced Care Lead we are seeking people that are able to work a varied shift pattern including long days, nights and weekends , in a variety of settings including Urgent and Emergency Care, Older People Services, and Paediatrics
- Candidates applying for this post must be able to demonstrate within the application form the following essential criteria:
- Recent and significant UK experience as a health/enhanced care support worker
- Successfully achieved the Care Certificate
- Level 3 qualification preferably in a health and social care related subject.
Only candidates that meet the above will be considered for this post, and we especially welcome applications from those with experience in a mental health care setting.
Successful candidates must also have excellent communication skills, excel under pressure, competent IT skills, and have a kind, caring and compassionate nature.
Only applications for candidates already residing in the UK will be considered, remote int
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