Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 23
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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
This role is for a Healthcare Assistant in the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Evesham Community Hospital. The post holder will be the first point of contact for patients, providing a professional and courteous reception service both in person and over the phone, while maintaining confidentiality. They will also be part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering patient care tasks under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The successful candidate needs to be flexible, proactive, and committed to providing high-quality service.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a care environment.
Desirable criteria
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in
- Trust.
- Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to provide limited delegated clinical duties to patients e.g. patient observations.
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role model good behaviour.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English in both verbal and written forms.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Treat patients with dignity and respect.
- Be able to take an active role to be a link person for specific tasks i.e. IPC and to carry out audits, meetings, feedback to the team as required.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to follow instructions and feedback to senior staff.
- Ability to work a part of a team as well as on own initiative.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to provide supervision i.e. for HCA or T level students.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Additional Criteria
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
- Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations, and relevant legislation.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.
- Basic IT skills.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA and MCA issues.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of areas relating to role setting (i.e. Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism, Epilepsy).
- Knowledge of relevant Acts relating to the role (i.e. Care Act, Children Act).
- Experience of working in a care environment.
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in
- Trust.
- Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to provide limited delegated clinical duties to patients e.g. patient observations.
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role model good behaviour.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English in both verbal and written forms.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Treat patients with dignity and respect.
- Be able to take an active role to be a link person for specific tasks i.e. IPC and to carry out audits, meetings, feedback to the team as required.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to follow instructions and feedback to senior staff.
- Ability to work a part of a team as well as on own initiative.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to provide supervision i.e. for HCA or T level students.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Additional Criteria
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
- Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations, and relevant legislation.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.
- Basic IT skills.
- Ability to demonstrate knowled
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 9d ago · Closes in 6d
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Job summary
Are you looking for a new
challenge, working in a fast-paced environment? If so, this could be the role
for you! Being responsible for providing an effective service for all visitors
presenting in the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Evesham Community Hospital. You will
be the first point of contact for our patients. You will be responsible for
providing a professional, efficient, and courteous reception service, both in
person and over the phone, while always ensuring patient confidentiality.
The successful candidate must be
flexible, forward thinking and proactive and require a commitment to ensure we
provide a high-quality service to our patients. This is a challenging role
which requires excellent communication and empathy skills.
To contribute to the delivery of
a high quality MIU across the Trust and Community.
The position is for a Healthcare
Support Worker, 23 hour post to cover long days/weekends on a rota basis.
Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role. Employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is part of a multidisciplinary team
delivering care to patients. Support and supervision is provided by a
Registered Nurse. This role will be expected to carry out a range of patient
care tasks and duties to enable the team to provide an
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