Healthcare Assistant

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Evesham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority in Evesham is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit. This full-time position involves close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to achieve rehabilitation goals and provide holistic care. Ideal candidates will have experience in a care environment and possess strong communication skills. The role offers training opportunities, competitive benefits like 27 days of leave, and the chance to contribute to patient care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in care environment required.
• Nursing experience within the NHS or hospital setting preferred.
• General medicine or rehabilitation experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with admitting patients to the ward.
• Provide safe and effective care to patients.
• Support therapy team with patient rehabilitation.

Skills

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Positive attitude

Clear communication

Flexible and adaptable

Empathetic caring nature

Education

Willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification

Care Certificate (expected)

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 05 January 2026

We are currently recruiting Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker, Full Time 37.5 hours a week, to be part of our Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit at Evesham Community Hospital. The candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to achieve specific rehabilitation goals. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills.

Evesham Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to peoples homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress along-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role. In addition to meet Home Office salary threshold you must have the significant experience to be offered top of the pay band AND work a minimum of 35.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Assist with admitting patients to the ward and the care of their relatives
• Undertake clinical procedures following assessment of competencies by qualified senior members of staff
• Carry out delegated nursing care
• Act as health
• Provide safe and effective care
• Identifies areas for the improvement
• Assist patients with attending to the activities of daily living and support the therapy team with the rehabilitation of the patient.
• Assist patients to sit up or out for breakfast.
• Serve and prepare meals/breakfast and drinks, help to assist patients when required. Complete appropriate paperwork i.e food diaries and fluid balance charts.
• Assist patients with morning personal care and dressing.
• Mobilise patients using correct mobility equipment when required/liaise with physiotherapy team.
• Liaise with nursing staff for information regarding Observations, catheters, lab samples, bloodsugar monitoring, dressings and further health checks.
• Carry out patient weekly assessments which involve weighing, clean and check mattress, catheter bag change when required.
• Stores to be restocked daily.
• Assist patients with toileting.
• Assist to support patients to bed/ attach catheter night bags when required.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

Benefits

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Provide safe and effective practice to patients within the Community Hospital.

Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing Team to support and work in partnership with the large multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care within a defined ward/department.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• A flexible and adaptable team member
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated

Experience

• Experience of working in care environment
• Nursing experience within the NHS / Hospital Setting
• Experience of working in general medicine or rehabilitation

Qualifications

• and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience
• Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in Trust
• Willing and able to undertake safety intervention training.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Additional Criteria

• Empathetic caring nature
• Punctual
• Reliable
• You understand that we will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.
• Willingness to undertake further training

Knowledge

• Basic knowledge of nursing adults and / or training
• Basic IT 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.

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata for part time