Band 3 Apprentice Healthcare Assistant - Theatre
| Posting date: | 22 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,652 per annum inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Location: | Romford, RM7 0AG |
| Company: | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 8033807/162-7723-SURG |
Summary
A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to recruit an Apprentice Healthcare Assistant to join our dynamic Theatre Team. You will receive full training within Theatres and through our structured apprenticeship programme, with clear progression routes. We have 16 operating theatres across both hospital sites, covering a wide range of specialties including Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Vascular, ENT, Trauma, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial, Pain Management, and Obstetrics. This role includes working varied shifts, including weekdays, weekends, and nights.
Alongside the role you will complete the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Theatre pathway apprenticeship. If you already hold a Healthcare qualification at Level 3 or above or have extensive experience working as a Healthcare Assistant, then you are not eligible to apply for this post.
Please read the advert and Job Description carefully before applying, ensuring that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification.
To be eligible for an Apprenticeship youmustmeet the following criteria:
Be 18 years old or over
Have the right to work in the UK with a visa status that last for the duration of the apprenticeship programme
Have been permanently resident in the UK for the past 3 years
PLEASE NOTE: In line with UKVI guidelines, we are unable to accept applications from candidates requiring visa sponsorship.
We welcome applications from those with lived experience of the care system.
Assist in preparing patient notes, relevant charts, documentation, and identity bands prior to and upon admission. Provide support with essential non-clinical patient care duties, including assisting patients with meal selections, changing bed linen, and maintaining clean, safe, and clutter-free patient areas. Support patients with toileting, personal hygiene, grooming, and dressing needs while respecting their religious, cultural, and personal preferences, ensuring privacy, dignity, and comfort at all times.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to recruit an Apprentice Healthcare Assistant to join our dynamic Theatre Team. You will receive full training within Theatres and through our structured apprenticeship programme, with clear progression routes. We have 16 operating theatres across both hospital sites, covering a wide range of specialties including Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Vascular, ENT, Trauma, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial, Pain Management, and Obstetrics. This role includes working varied shifts, including weekdays, weekends, and nights.
Alongside the role you will complete the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Theatre pathway apprenticeship. If you already hold a Healthcare qualification at Level 3 or above or have extensive experience working as a Healthcare Assistant, then you are not eligible to apply for this post.
Please read the advert and Job Description carefully before applying, ensuring that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification.
To be eligible for an Apprenticeship youmustmeet the following criteria:
Be 18 years old or over
Have the right to work in the UK with a visa status that last for the duration of the apprenticeship programme
Have been permanently resident in the UK for the past 3 years
PLEASE NOTE: In line with UKVI guidelines, we are unable to accept applications from candidates requiring visa sponsorship.
We welcome applications from those with lived experience of the care system.
Assist in preparing patient notes, relevant charts, documentation, and identity bands prior to and upon admission. Provide support with essential non-clinical patient care duties, including assisting patients with meal selections, changing bed linen, and maintaining clean, safe, and clutter-free patient areas. Support patients with toileting, personal hygiene, grooming, and dressing needs while respecting their religious, cultural, and personal preferences, ensuring privacy, dignity, and comfort at all times.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026
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