L2 Healthcare Support Worker Apprentice - Barnet Hospital | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,332 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2026 |
| Location: | Barnet, EN5 3DJ |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 7834848/391-RFL-7834848 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity, and we are recruiting at Barnet hospital for Healthcare Assistant Apprentices (HCAs) -don’t worry if you haven’t worked in a hospital before, we offer comprehensive training through our apprenticeship programme. If you are fresh from school/college or just keen to work within the NHS, worked in care now is the time to join the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
If you have the right attitude and live our values, then we can train you for the role and onto our apprenticeship career pathway that can lead to nursing.
Please note that under the current apprenticeship rules we cannot accept:
Ø Any applicants requiring sponsorship
Ø Applicants who have not been residing in UK for the last 3 years
Ø Applicants whose right to work in UK expires before December 2027
The Band 3 Healthcare Assistant Apprentice’s starting salary will be: £23,332 (including outer London HCAs). The duration of the apprenticeship is a minimum of 13 months.
Upon completion of a satisfactory probation period and the achievement of the apprenticeship, the salary will rise to the bottom of band 3 under agenda for change £29,651 (including outer London HCAs)
How can I find out more about this opportunity?
We would like to invite you to join our virtual open day via Microsoft Teams on 18thMarch starting from 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM (estimated finish time).
Join the meeting here
Meeting ID: 356 468 855 846 99
Passcode: Zv3xW3zw
As a band 3 HCA apprentice you will attend classes and work alongside dedicated and passionate colleagues caring for our patients. In your role you will assist patients with their personal care such as washing, dressing, feeding and support the registered nurse to care for the patients. As you may be aware patients require care for 24 hours a day and therefore you will be expected to work a combination of long days, weekends, and night shifts of 12 hours. You will only be expected to work 37.5hours a week. Please consider how you will travel to work as you will be based at Barnet hospital.
Nursing and Midwifery - benefits, about RFL, values and governing objectiveshttps://admin.trac.jobs/documents?edoc=2755
As a band 3 HCA apprentice you will attend classes and work alongside dedicated and passionate colleagues caring for our patients. In your role you will assist patients with their personal care such as washing, dressing, feeding and support the registered nurse to care for the patients.
Please also refer to job description document attached
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026