Health Care Assistant - Urgent Response & Hospital and Care at Home

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust is looking for a dedicated professional to join the Urgent Response Team in Salford. This role involves delivering urgent services, ensuring patient comfort, and engaging in teamwork to enhance healthcare delivery. Applicants should possess strong communication skills and a full UK driving licence. Joining offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for impact on community health.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Ability to maintain patient independence and identity.
• Skills in assessing health and wellbeing needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver urgent response services to residents.
• Assist patients with daily activities and personal care.
• Communicate effectively with team members and patients.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Patient care

Education

Full UK driving licence

Access to a vehicle for work

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity within our Urgent Response Team. The Urgent Response Team (URT) is a multidisciplinary team of advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, therapists, and social workers who deliver urgent response services to Salford residents.

This is expanding to include Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards model of care, working as part of a team utilizing technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier than may have been possible previously.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of Salford and deliver an NHS national priority.

It is essential that the post holder is able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role and that they hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work with business insurance.

You will be required to establish and maintain communication with people about routine and daily activities, overcoming any differences in communication between the people involved. Develop your own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development. Assist in assessing people\'s health and wellbeing and related needs and planning.

Assist and enable patients in achieving the following aspects of care:

• To achieve and maintain personal hygiene and appearance
• To assist / enable patients with mobility
• To assist / enable patients with eating and drinking
• To assist / enable patients access and use toilet facilities
• Maintain patients independence and identity

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on 9 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 £24,625 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1 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.

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.

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. 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

The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.

For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.

The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here.