European sacked in job tender (5)
I believe the answer is:
carer
'tender' is the definition.
(someone who tends to patients)
'european sacked in job' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'sacked in' suggests deleting specific letters (sack can mean to remove or dismiss).
'job' becomes 'career' (I've seen this before).
'career' with 'e' removed is 'CARER'.
(Other definitions for carer that I've seen before include "One looking after another" , "Welfare worker" , "Invalid's attendant" , "One looking after an incapacitated person" , "Nurse, perhaps," .)