Healthcare Assistant

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradfield Green; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & qualifications

Shift pay enhancements

Holiday entitlement 27–33 days + bank

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Healthcare Assistants for Ward 11 - Orthopaedic Trauma within Surgery & Cancer. You will support the nursing team, assist patients with personal care, meals, and mobility, while maintaining high standards of care in a busy environment.

We welcome candidates with a caring attitude, strong communication skills and a flexible approach. Full training will be provided; NHS experience is desirable.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with patients and carers.
• Flexible approach to working including day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.
• Care Certificate to be completed within 6 months of appointment.

Responsibilities

• Help patients to wash or shower.
• Serve food and assist patients to eat if needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Education

Care certificate training

Job description

The role of a Healthcare Assistant is that of a support worker who carries out a wide range of care duties directly with the patient, their relatives/carers or to support the work of the nursing team. Health care duties are carried out, after training, under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:

• helping patients to wash or shower
• serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat

Are you looking for an exciting challenge with learning opportunities? Are you a highly motivated and dynamic individual? A very exciting opportunity has arisen within Surgery & Cancer for a Health Care Assistant based on Ward 11 - Orthopaedic Trauma.

We are looking for people who are passionate about delivering high standards of nursing care to ensure a positive patient experience. You need to have excellent communication skills and be prepared to work in a busy and sometimes challenging environment which will be in turn rewarding and exciting Surgery and Cancer are looking for committed, compassionate and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our busy division. We have part and full time roles available on Ward 11. All candidates are required to have a flexible approach to working, as the successful applicant will be required to work, both day and night shifts, which will include Bank Holiday and weekend working. Previous NHS experience is desirable, however full training will be provided. Please note, all candidates will be required to complete their Care Certificate within 6 months of being in post.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest. Healthcare work is very rewarding. You are making a positive difference to the lives of others when they are at their most vulnerable.

Other benefits include

• You’ll have access to high quality training and national qualifications e.g. the care certificate
• All Healthcare Assistants receive generous shift pay enhancements for nights, weekends and bank holidays which significantly increases basic pay rates
• Holiday pay starts at 27 days' annual leave per year (increasing to 33 after 10 years), plus bank holidays
• You will have access to a gold standard pension scheme
• You will have access to NHS discounts across hundreds of shops, restaurants & services (Morrisons, Nando's etc.)
• Excellent career development opportunities are available e.g. access to Nurse training and apprenticeships