Job summary
This position allows you to make a significant impact on patients' lives by providing essential support and compassionate care, all while having the freedom to choose your own working hours. The flexibility of a bank role enables care assistants to balance your professional responsibilities with personal commitments, promoting a healthy work-life balance. The ability to contribute to patient care on a flexible schedule makes this role both rewarding and accommodating.

Main duties of the job

• Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight
• Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
• Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing
• Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected

About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialist
Salary: £14.05 to £23.75 an hour
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: M0042-26-0311
Job locations: London Road, Reading, RG1 5AN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight
• Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
• Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing
• Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• What you'll need:
• Minimum of 6 months Maternity HCSW UK (Private, NHS or Armed Forces) hospital/hospice experience within the last 2 years
• *Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Qualifications
Essential

• Level 3 Care Certificate or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: NHS Professionals Limited
Employer's website: https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Recruitment Consultant, Oliver Salter, oliver.salter@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

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