Band 2 - Healthcare Assistant - Portsmouth

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Tipner; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Healthcare Assistant to join the team at its facilities in the Portsmouth area. You will work under the guidance of registered nurses or senior staff to provide hands-on physical and emotional care to patients, supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Joining the Trust means becoming part of a large, diverse workforce committed to excellence and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with daily living activities under supervision of registered nurses or senior staff.
• Provide hands-on physical and emotional care to patients as part of the care team.

Job description

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are recruiting for a motivated Healthcare Assistant to join their team., As a Healthcare Assistant, you will work under the guidance of registered nurses or senior staff to provide hands-on physical and emotional care to patients.

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it