Healthcare Assistant

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Lancashire is seeking a part-time Healthcare Assistant for the Coronary Care Unit. The role involves providing direct patient care, supporting qualified nurses, and participating in various care-related tasks. No prior experience is necessary as comprehensive training will be provided. The position offers a salary between £24,937 and £26,598 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Care certificate is essential or be willing to work towards completing on successful appointment.
• Knowledge and/or experience of care and related procedures.
• Ability to accurately update patient records for care delivered.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care alongside qualified nurses.
• Participate in audits relevant to the role.
• Deliver clinical/technical skills with training and assessment.

Skills

Communication

Personal care knowledge

Manual handling

IT skills

Team collaboration

Education

Care certificate

Job description

Go back Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 16 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time band 3 post on the Coronary Care Unit, within the Lancashire Cardiac Centre.

This is to join our small, but experienced, friendly & highly motivated team.

Coronary Care is a 10 bedded unit offering emergency care to cardiac patients within the local & wider area, including an established PPCI service.

Experience is not essential as successful applicants will receive a full induction.

Main duties of the job

Main duties are direct patient care working alongside qualified nurses

Successful applicants must be caring and compassionate

About us

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents -it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read the attached job description and person spec before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Care certificate is essential or be willing to work towards completing on successful appointment to the post.

Experience

• Knowledge and/or experience of care and related procedures.
• Experience with manual handling of patients, using moving aids
• Experience of completing patient care records
• Experience and involvement of any improvement project/s
• Experience of holding an area of responsibility relating to training/audit

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Knowledge and/or experience of personal care and related procedures
• Able to accurately update patient records for care delivered including changes to patient condition.
• Ability to communicate factual information clearly and effectively with tact and empathy overcoming barriers to communication such as physical impairments or mental health/learning disabilities
• Ability to carry out routine duties acting on own initiative with limited supervision.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative with access to supervision.
• Ability to follow Trust policy's relevant to the role.
• Be able to participate in audits that are relevant to the role.
• Ability to use IT skills proficiently on using relevant IT systems.
• Ability to deliver (with appropriate training and competency assessment) a range of clinical/technical skills and care duties such as (but not limited to): clinical observations, blood glucose monitoring, ECG's, simple wound dressings.
• Able to supervise others e.g. T- level students, new B3 HCA's, Band 2 HCA's

Personal Qualities

• Caring
• Adaptable to the changing needs of the service
• Self-motivated
• Approachable
• Diplomatic
• Flexible
• Responsible and accountable

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.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum