Health Care Assistant Ward E3

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Stockport is seeking caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join their team on Ward E3. This permanent role involves providing high-quality care alongside nurses and a multidisciplinary team, ensuring patient dignity and safety during treatment. The position offers varied shifts and numerous benefits including annual leave, NHS pension, and staff discounts.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for cars and electronics

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance options

Local financial advice from Credit Union

Qualifications

• Currently working or has worked in health or social care.
• Understanding of principles of care.
• Understanding of Confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Support and encourage patients with personal care, nutrition, and hydration.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team for safe discharge and recovery.
• Communicate effectively with the team and perform IT tasks as needed.

Skills

Patient Care Skills

Basic IT Skills

Communication Skills

Ability to work flexibly

Ability to work as part of a team

Job description

Come and join our dedicated and friendly team on Ward E3 - General Medical Ward. We are looking for caring, compassionate, enthusiastic and self-motivated Healthcare Assistants ready to help us to provide high quality care and excellent patient experience.

We are a 35 bedded mixed gender ward. As a Healthcare Assistant you will be working very closely with the nurses and the rest of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a rapid recovery while a high quality care and safe discharge is provided.

The Healthcare Assistant role is key within our patients' treatment as you will be providing, supporting and encouraging patients with personal care, nutrition and hydration, mobility and safety.

We value the job and effort of every member of our team. We value every input from the team members that help the unit to improve and achieve the standards required by CQC and StARS accreditation, and we value good communication and team work, this is key for us.

This exciting opportunity will be permanent and involves rotation onto days and nights. Pop in and visit our unit and meet our fantastic team!

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant role is key to ensuring that our nursing teams are supported to deliver consistently, high quality, patient centered care.

This is a great opportunity for dedicated and caring people who really want to make a difference to our patients. Your care for other people and your willingness to provide the best possible care to patients and relatives will ensure your success in the role.

Friendly and approachable in your style, you'll be someone who can communicate well, be able to organise your workload accordingly and be a reliable point of support for patients, relatives and your colleagues.

About Us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.

We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.

Benefits We Offer To You:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job Description

As a healthcare Assistant you will be expected to work within our dedicated multi-disciplinary teams and be involved in providing individualised care, assisting with patient hygiene and dressing, and meeting the nutritional needs whilst maintaining their dignity and respect.

Communications

• To communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team, under the supervision of a registered nurse.
• To carry out ward clerical and IT tasks, as required.
• To carry out routine administrative/telephone related tasks.
• To communicate effectively when giving/receiving verbal and written information

Person Specification

Experience

• Currently working or has worked in health or social care

Essential Skills and Abilities

• Patient Care Skills
• Basic IT Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work as part of a team

Knowledge

• Understanding of principals of care
• Understanding of Confidentiality