Healthcare assistant

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as a Band 3 Health Care Assistant in the Cardiac Day Unit. This role involves providing essential nursing support in a busy environment, assisting with a variety of cardiac procedures. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a commitment to patient care, contributing to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Access to NHS discount schemes

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a front-line customer service role is essential.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality and privacy is crucial.
• Ability to write clearly and legibly in English.

Responsibilities

• Support nursing staff and consultant cardiologists in the Cardiac Day Unit.
• Assist in the development of the Cardiac Cath Labs.
• Provide person-centered care to patients.

Skills

Communication

Patient confidentiality

Dignity and respect

Health and safety awareness

Education

Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in Health and Social Care

Job description

Job Summary

NursingBand 3Permanent

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working
  
  

Job ref434-IM7050692EmployerBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteWycombe HospitalTownHigh WycombeSalary£24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata for part time)Salary periodYearlyClosing04/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 3

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
  
  

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job Overview

A vacancy has arisen for a friendly, enthusiastic, and efficient health care assistant to join the Cardiac Day Unit/Cardiac Cath lab. You will be joining a team of nurses and health care assistants, to provide nursing support to this busy unit and cath labs. This post would suit someone with excellent communication skills.

Main duties of the job

The unit has expanded and this is an exciting time to join in the development of the existing 6 bedded and 5 chair radial lounge Cardiac Day Unit and 2 Cardiac Catheterisation laboratories, where a wide range of procedures are performed including primary angioplasty and pacemaker insertions.

The role will include working in both the Cardiac Day Unit and the Cardiac Cath Labs supporting the nursing staff and the consultant cardiologists.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you? . We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount scheme s. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workfor Why work for us? force. Were committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity andrespect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

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What do we stand for? k. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every ti me. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Education

Desirable criteria

• Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
• Care Certificate/working towards
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of providing person centred care
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• An understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy.
• Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
• Recognises how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
• Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures
  
  

PPE Requirements

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.