Health care assistant | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in England is seeking a highly motivated health care assistant to join their Allergy Nursing team. Responsibilities include providing phlebotomy service and assisting in patient care. The ideal candidate will work closely with specialist nurses and contribute to the delivery of high-quality health services. Opportunities for professional development and a focus on diversity and inclusion are priorities in this role.

Qualifications

• Required to work alongside specialist nurses in assisting with challenges and immunotherapy.
• Active involvement in the delivery of care and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide a phlebotomy and cannulation service.
• Clerk patients in for day case appointments, recording vital signs.
• Maintain stock levels and ensure stock rotation.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic health care assistant to join our Allergy Nursing team. With appropriate support and training you will be required to work alongside the specialist nurses in the unit assisting with food/drug challenges, drug investigations, immunotherapy as well as supporting multidisciplinary and nurse-led clinics. You will be actively involved in the smooth delivery of care and support of the specialist team.

Responsibilities

• To provide a phlebotomy and cannulation service
• Undertake FeNO and spirometry competencies
• To clerk patients in for day case appointments, including recording vital signs
• Inputting patient information onto electronic database
• Prepare equipment/ rooms prior to commencement of clinic sessions/ day case activity by ensuring the relevant equipment/supplies are available
• To maintain stock levels and ensure stock rotation
• To ensure clean and tidy work place environment

About MFT

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust in England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity & Inclusion

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025