Healthcare Support

Our Health Care Assistants (HCA) provide patient care right across our services. They support nurses, doctors, and health professionals.

Our healthcare assistants work in our inpatient ward areas the most. They also work in our departments and clinics and provide vital support.

Some healthcare assistants work in specific areas such as discharge planning or our Emergency Department. Helping the flow of patients into the right place for the right care. Others develop specific clinical skills allowing them to do some supervised clinical procedures.

Our HCA staff are a valued group of people that are essential in providing care to our patients.

Healthcare Support roles

Discover a variety of roles in different and exciting areas.

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Healthcare assistants

Healthcare assistants make sure the patient experience is as comfortable and stress-free as possible. It can also be the stepping stone into many other NHS roles.

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Maternity Support workers

Maternity Support workers (MSW’s) deliver maternity care under the supervision of a registered midwife.

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Career paths in Healthcare Support

Your training as a healthcare assistant will include fundamental nursing skills and you will work towards your Care Certificate.

There are opportunities to apply for apprenticeships to gain qualifications such as

The level 2 Apprenticeship, Healthcare support worker
The level 3 Apprenticeship, Senior Healthcare Support worker

There are plenty of pathways available to progress. You could become a senior healthcare assistant after further training and experience. After this, you could apply to train as an assistant practitioner or nursing associate. There are also options to train as a degree-level healthcare professionals such as a nurse.