Bank Healthcare Assistant - Cambridge Area Only
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is for a Bank Healthcare Assistant in the Cambridge area, offering flexible working within the Temporary Staffing Service. You will provide high standards of care to patients across various healthcare settings, including physical health wards, district nursing, and mental health services. The position involves supporting service users with mental and physical health needs under the supervision of a registered nurse, with opportunities for development and training.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver a high standard of care to patients across all areas of healthcare.
- Provide support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.
- Undertake assigned tasks under the general supervision of a registered nurse, including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.
- Promote a positive service user experience through proactive listening and resolving issues.
- Provide service users with personal care, demonstrating empathy, dignity, respect, and compassion.
- Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort, and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations.
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCE/GCSE (Maths and English) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health problems.
- Effective communication skills both verbally and written including IT literacy (MS Office).
- Education
- Educated to GCE/GCSE (Maths and English) or equivalent
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health problems.
- Effective communication skills both verbally and written including IT literacy (MS Office).
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 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Healthcare Assistant - Cambridge Area Only
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking for flexible working across Cambridge?
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a number of teams to make a difference for our community by supporting people with their physical and mental well-being then we want to hear from you
We are currently seeking to recruit enthusiastic. motivated, caring and compassionate Bank Healthcare Assistants to join our Temporary Staffing Service which covers a large geographical area. This encapsulates Physical Health wards, District nursing, Acute Inpatient, Forensic, Outpatients, Community and Clinic work in a huge variety of disciplines.
Working within the trusts clinical environments will give you the opportunity to practice a full range of core skills and to gain experience in particular areas of interest. We are keen to support and develop you and encourage promotional opportunities within the service and the wider Trust, which includes development such as the Care Certificate
Please note that due to high volumes this post will be closed once a sufficient number of applications is received.
Main duties of the job
Led by the TSS team and supported by the Clinical Nurse Lead you will be required to del
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