Chemotherapy Band 3 Health Care Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a compassionate and reliable Health Care Assistant to join the Chemotherapy Day Unit team on a fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. You will support patients through their treatment, take observations, and assist with phlebotomy, delivering high standards of person-centred care. It's an opportunity to develop clinical skills in a specialist oncology setting, working closely with a supportive multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication skills and a caring nature are essential for this role in cancer care nursing.
Essential criteria
- Maths and English level 1
- Completion of Care Certificate including completed practical booklet
- Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates compassion for patients
- Ability to undertake phlebotomy on patients
- Demonstrates ability to record electrocardiogram
- Ability to alert trained staff of change in patients condition
- Demonstrates understanding of importance of maintaining privacy and dignity
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience of working in a team
- Demonstrable experience of working in a hospital setting
- Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
- Communication skills
- Able to communicate accurately and effectively with patients, colleagues verbally and in writing
- Application form completed in full
- Education/Qualifications
- Maths and English level 1
- Completion of Care Certificate including completed practical booklet
- Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates compassion for patients
- Ability to undertake phlebotomy on patients
- Demonstrates ability to record electrocardiogram
- Ability to alert trained staff of change in patients condition
- Demonstrates understanding of importance of maintaining privacy and dignity
- Knowledge and Experience
- Experience of working in a team
- Demonstrable experience of working in a hospital setting
- Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
- Communication skills
- Able to communicate accurately and effectively with patients, colleagues verbally and in writing
- Application form completed in full
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,554 – £33,270 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Chemotherapy Band 3 Health Care Assistant
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and reliable Health Care Assistant to join our Chemotherapy DayUnit team, on a fixed term contract covering maternity leave. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical skills in a specialist oncology setting, working closely with a supportivemultidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in supporting patients through their treatment, taking observations, and assisting with phlebotomy, all while delivering the highest standard of personcentred care. If you have excellent communication skills, a caring nature, and want to build your experience in cancer care nursing, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Please read the job description and person specification in full
o Communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their family/visitors/carers.
o Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages, and pass on written and verbal information to patients.
o Provide basic information to patients, family/visitors/carers, and colleagues.
- Be proficient at phlebotomy, this is an essential skill for this role
o Aware of the importance of accurate documentation and contribute to reports of patients' activity and progress.
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