Job Title: NHS Healthcare Support Worker
Agency: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL, United Kingdom
Location: United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: Not Specified

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Job Description

NHS Healthcare Support Worker Visa Sponsorship 2026 – Discover this Ultimate UK healthcare opportunity with Band 3 and experienced routes, Care Certificate support and Skilled Worker sponsorship consideration.

NHS Healthcare Support Worker Visa Sponsorship 2026 – Ultimate UK Healthcare Career Opportunity

Job summary:

Are you interested in joining Team Countess as a Health Care Support Worker? We are looking for committed, driven, and hard-working individuals to join our Healthcare Support Worker staff. There are two routes into a Band 3 post, based on qualifications and experience:

1. Experienced or Qualified Healthcare Support Worker Salary: Agenda for Change Band 3
2. Trainee Healthcare Support Worker Salary: National Minimum Wage (for a period of up to 6 months)

Eligibility – Qualified Route or Experienced Route

Applicants must satisfy one or more of the following:

Qualification: NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (awarded by a government-regulated authorised organization – see Find a regulated qualification – GOV.UK)

Experience Applicants without NVQ L3 may be considered if they have either: o Minimum of 2 years substantive experience (not Bank or Agency) as a Healthcare Support Worker or Nursing Assistant in an acute NHS setting (experience may be at Band 2), oro Minimum of 3 years substantive experience in a UK community care setting (e.g. nursing or residential homes), providing adult patient care and undertaking similar duties.

Please note this advert is for the qualified or experienced Healthcare Support Worker role only. Applicants who do not fit this condition and desire to apply for the trainee route should apply via Job Reference: 210-2026-01-I.

If the applicant does not offer sufficient evidence of qualifications, training or experience, they may not be shortlisted.

The role’s key responsibilities are:

We are searching for motivated, energetic people who want to help Team Countess provide Safe, Kind and effective care to join our team.

The successful candidate will be offered a 7 day Healthcare Assistant Induction, which will introduce you to the Trust and to help you settle into your new career.

Successful candidates will be provided with tools and guidance to ensure completion of the national obligatory Care Certificate within 6 months of appointment.

Attached is the Job Description with a complete list of duties & responsibilities for this role.

Our History

The Trust provides services from three sites: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: has 473 general and acute beds. · Ellesmere Port Hospital: offering 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a center for community services serving the surrounding rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 workers (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people who live in Chester and West Cheshire, which encompasses Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside district of Flintshire.

The Trust works as part of the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. The Trust is also co-sited on the border with North Wales and works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some areas of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were roughly 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic), from a basic outpatient appointment to serious cancer surgery

Job description

Obligation

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competency (see person specification) and values At the bottom of this page there is an application guide to help and encourage you during your recruiting adventure.

Do you wish to be considered under the Guarantyd Interview Scheme? If you have a disability under the scope of the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010 and can demonstrate that you meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification for the post, please answer YES to the question:

Please advise whether there are any specific assistance needs to be taken into account during the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranty Interview Scheme to all armed forces community applicants who match the essential qualifications for the role.

If your role requires a DBS, you are advised to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. There is a minimal annual cost payable for the DBS Service. Please note applicants will need to pay for their DBS check. In the first three months of employment, the cost will be deducted from their salary.

New entrants to the NHS will start on the minimum of the scale shown above.

If you are an applicant requiring sponsorship, you might want to assess your suitability for sponsorship for this post against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. Trust will not sponsor where starting pay does not match immigration rules

We suggest applicants apply early as we reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertized date should we receive a substantial number of applications for this post.

Best of luck with your application.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Competencies

Vital

A Level 3 qualification (A-Levels, NVQ3 or equivalent) in Health & Social Care or comparable knowledge and experience.

Completion of the Care Certificate within the agreed timescale on starting employment with the Trust.

An awareness of the role of a healthcare support worker.

Experience & Skills

Crucial

Experience of working in a clinical context with demonstrable competencies in delivering a range of important clinical skills.

Experience of working in the NHS.

Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a health care support worker

Can show understanding of the need for increasing patient independence.

Seeking

Additional clinical duties and activities as indicated by the field of work delegated by the registered nurse.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and so a Disclosure will be required to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sponsorship Certificate

Applications from job seekers needing up-to-date Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK is welcomed and will be reviewed alongside all other applications. For further information, see the UK Visas and Immigration page.

Since 6 April 2017, applicants for a skilled worker visa to enter the UK must provide a criminal record certificate from each country in which they have lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the last 10 years. This is also the case for adult dependents (over 18 years of age). Here is guidance on criminal records checks for candidates from abroad.

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online for this job

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