Overview
Band 3 Healthcare Assistants - Critical Care Team. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our busy Critical Care Team (ICU/HDU) at Epsom & St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust. The base site for this post is St. Helier Hospital ICU. St. Helier Hospital ICU currently comprises 13 beds incorporating specialities including emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medicine and renal. Epsom Hospital HDU/ICU comprises 6-8 beds and predominantly provides care for elective surgical and acute medical admissions.
As Critical Care provision is a 24 hours, 7 days a week service, applicants will be expected to undertake internal rotation, including weekends, night duties and bank holidays. Applicants must hold the Care Certificate. In order to fulfill the job role, learning and development requirements, and service needs applicants will be required to work across both hospital sites.
Responsibilities
* The HCA role supports the clinical team in caring for critically ill patients and their loved ones, and ensuring clean and organised clinical areas.
* You would be responsible for providing fundamental aspects of patient care at the direction of the qualified nursing team to ensure critically ill patients and their loved ones receive high quality, dignified and respectful care.
* We have a dedicated critical care education team and will support you to develop your confidence and competence through a programme of supervised practice, bespoke critical care specific competencies and study days.
* Roles may require working across both hospital sites as part of internal rotation.
Qualifications
* Care Certificate is required.
* Hands-on healthcare experience, preferably in acute care.
* Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
* Ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries and use your initiative.
* Ability to work flexibly according to the day-to-day service needs.
* Willingness to develop within this role.
Additional information
This post is not currently linked to a Band 4 Career Progression Pathway.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. We serve an area rich in diversity with urban and rural communities. The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
How to apply / contacts
Please see the attached supporting documents. For further details or informal visits please contact:
Emma Conroy – Critical Care Matron – Tel: 07552 889342
Suzy Knightly / Sethu Jele - Critical Care Practice Development Senior Sister - Tel: 0208 296 3136
This advert closes on Friday 27 Mar 2026.
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