Senior Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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
Join the Neonatal Team in Exeter as a Band 3 Senior Neonatal Healthcare Support Worker. This role involves providing safe, high-quality, and family-centred care to babies and their families within a 26-cot Local Neonatal Unit. You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, supporting parents and babies during a crucial time. The unit holds UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold accreditation, emphasizing high standards of care for infant feeding and parent-baby relationships.
Key responsibilities
- Support the delivery of individualised care to babies and their families.
- Help parents become confident in caring for their baby and support feeding.
- Undertake and record observations including temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, oxygen saturations, and weight.
- Develop additional clinical skills such as blood glucose monitoring and blood sampling.
- Support registered nurses and medical staff during procedures and investigations.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming neonatal environment.
Essential criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Desirable criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- General Requirements
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
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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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Come and join our Neonatal Team in Exeter Are you passionate about making a difference to babies and their families at one of the most important and sometimes most challenging times in their lives?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated Band 3 Senior Neonatal Healthcare Support Worker to join our friendly and supportive team within our 26 cot Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
We are extremely proud to have achieved UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold accreditation, recognising our commitment to providing the highest standards of care and support for infant feeding and parentbaby relationships.
Our neonatal service provides care for babies requiring a range of neonatal care, and our support workers are a valued and integral part of the multidisciplinary team.
You will work alongside an experienced neonatal team to provide safe, high-quality and family-centred care.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
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