Health Care Assistant - Acute Medical Unit

NHS; Bury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bury is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support patient care in the Acute Medical Unit. This role involves assisting health care practitioners with daily health-related activities, ensuring high standards of patient-focused care. Candidates should possess qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare and relevant experience. The position offers various professional development opportunities and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a care support worker or equivalent in a Health or Social Care setting.
• Experience of working within a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the team in preparing the Unit environment for patient care delivery.
• Complete delegated tasks such as undertaking and recording vital signs.
• Establish and maintain communication with patients and the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Good communication (written and verbal skills)

Basic IT skills

Good organisational skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare or equivalent

Level 1 literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G)

Care Certificate

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Medical Unit (Ward 7) as a Health Care Assistant. As a Health Care Assistant you will assist the health care practitioner to carry out routine health related activities and complete personal care and activities of daily living ensuring patient led focused care. You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, and venepuncture. You will provide a positive enthusiastic attitude, delivering high quality care with excellent interpersonal skills.

Main Duties

• To assist the team in preparing the Unit environment for patient care delivery.
• To complete delegated tasks such as undertaking and recording vital signs, ECG, venepuncture, blood glucose levels, swabs etc.
• To ensure own actions help to maintain quality and infection control standards.
• Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and others and the multidisciplinary team to be able to provide information to others to help their development.
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
• Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• Assist in planning, delivering and evaluating programmes to meet people's health and wellbeing needs.
• Assist in the use of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
• Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.

About Us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job Details

Job posted: 24 November 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 236-BCO-CS435-25-PS-A
Job location(s): Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury, BL9 7TD

Responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Immigration Policy

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website. As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare or a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship – or equivalent experience.
• Level 1 literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G).
• Care Certificate.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Experience of working as a care support worker or equivalent in a Health or Social Care setting.
• Experience of working within a team.

Desirable

• Demonstrates an interest or previous experience in supporting other health care staff and learners.
• Commitment to undertaking continuous professional development (CPD).

Skills

• Good communication (written and verbal skills).
• Basic IT skills.
• Good organisational skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Fairfield General Hospital
Rochdale Old Road
Bury
BL9 7TD

Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/