BANK Healthcare Assistant (UTC)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a bank Healthcare Assistant role within an Urgent Treatment Centre. The successful candidate will assist registered practitioners by undertaking various patient clinical procedures and delivering hands-on care. The role is crucial for maintaining quality patient care and ensuring efficient patient flow through the centre. You will work under the supervision of clinicians, supporting them in providing high standards of individualised patient care and treatments.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain standards and ensure quality of patient care through developing knowledge and competencies.
- Support and ensure effective, seamless flow of patients through the Urgent Treatment Centre.
- Be responsible for a specific area of work facilitated by the registered nurse.
- Assist Clinicians with providing a high standard of individualised patient care and treatments.
- Carry out individual patient care without direct supervision, under the direction of the clinician-in-charge.
- Understand and observe appropriate standards of confidentiality.
Essential criteria
- Guidance Score GCSE English / Maths or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 in care / promoting independence or equivalent
- IT literate with experience of healthcare IT systems (e.g. SystmOne)
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience within Urgent or Emergency care
- Previous experience in an urgent care setting at Band 3 level
- Previous experience in wound care, venepuncture and observations
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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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
BANK Healthcare Assistant (UTC)
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
A unique vacancy has arisen for an experienced Bank Healthcare Assistant to join the Urgent Treatment Centre.
You will be required to undertake various patient clinical procedures in order to assist registered practitioners to deliver agreed pathways as part of the ongoing Urgent Care Agenda.
The role of the Bank HCA is pivotal to delivering excellence in Urgent Care and the successful candidate is expected to be supported in delivering hands on care to our patients under the supervision of registered practitioners.
Main duties of the job
To maintain standards, ensuring quality of patient care through the development of a range of knowledge & competencies to support Clinicians.
To support and ensure the effective seamless flow of patients through the Urgent Treatment Centre.
Responsibility for a specific area of work that is facilitated by the registered nurse.
To assist Clinicians with the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and treatments where appropriate and work as an effective multi-disciplinary team member of the UTC Team.
To carry out individual patient care without direct supervision, under the direction of the clinician-in-charge.
Understands and observes appropriate standards of confidentiality.
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