Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 17
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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.
“All band 2 roles are not eligible for sponsorship. The trust no longer supports HCSW band 3 roles with sponsorship”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is a part-time, fixed-term Healthcare Support Worker role within the Rotherham Sexual Health Service. The successful candidate will assist the multi-disciplinary team by providing sexual health screening, chaperoning clinical staff, and assisting with clinical procedures like microscopy and phlebotomy. The role is based at Rotherham Hospital Central site, but may require working at other service locations. Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays is required.
Key responsibilities
- Provide Sexual Health Screening to patients.
- Chaperone members of the clinical team.
- Assist with a variety of clinical procedures, including microscopy and phlebotomy.
- Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including evenings and Saturdays.
- Maintain confidentiality in a highly sensitive environment.
Essential criteria
- Care experience working in a health or social care setting.
- Care Certificate obtained by NHS England through E-Learning for Health
- Completion of a clinical skills competency- based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3, or willingness to undertake.
- GCSE Maths & English or qualified to equivalent Functional skills level 2 in Maths & English, or willingness to undertake.
- Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety
- Knowledge of clinical patient observations
- Confidentiality understanding of Information Governance
- If so, please provide the name of the organisation that referred you to enable us to validate and track your application
Desirable criteria
- Microscopy training
- Knowledge and understanding of current healthcare issues
- Willingness to undertake competencies supported by clinical skills training and education to gain theoretical underpinning knowledge in a range of clinical interventions and use of test equipment e.g. blood glucose monitors, venepuncture, cannulation etc
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 10d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Rotherham Sexual Health Service
Band 3 Health Care Support Worker
Part Time 17 Hours per week Temporary to 1/6/27
We are looking to recruit a part- time enthusiastic, experienced and flexible Healthcare Support Worker to assist the multi-disciplinary team in delivering our Sexual Health Service. You will be based at our clinic at the Rotherham Hospital Central site, though there may be times when you will be required to work at our other sites across the service. You will provide Sexual Health Screening to our patients, chaperone members of our clinical team, and assist with a variety of clinical procedures; including microscopy and phlebotomy.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be
- Committed to a high standard of service delivery
- Confident and calm under pressure when working in a busy clinical environment
- Able to work flexibly and show willingness to work across locality clinics
- In possession of good communication skills
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team Open minded in nature and not judgmental
- Able to work in a highly confidential environment
- Trained in phlebotomy
The successful candidate will be flexible to meet the needs of the service opening hours are Monday to Saturday, incorporating four late evenings
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