Healthcare Assistant

HCRG Care Group; Sheerness; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to support registered nurses in delivering high-quality care to patients in their homes. The ideal candidate will have an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care and a compassionate approach to patient care. This full-time role offers a salary of £23,875 and various employee benefits, including access to mental health support and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Salary of £23,875

Access to group pension

Discounts on everyday purchases

Online mental health support

Career coaching and counselling

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent) required.
• Previous experience in health or social care preferred.
• Current driving license and access to a car essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing and personal care as directed by senior staff.
• Support patients with clinical tasks such as glucose monitoring.
• Maintain accurate health records and monitor patient conditions.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Teamwork

IT skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Job Introduction

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our Community Nursing team. In this role, you will support registered nurses and senior staff in delivering high-quality care to patients within their own homes and community settings. You’ll help provide both clinical and personal care, ensuring patients feel supported, respected, and safe at every stage of their healthcare journey.

This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week) based across the Sheppey area.

Main Responsibility

In this role, you will:

• Provide nursing and personal care as delegated by the Senior Sister/Team Sister.
• Support patients in their homes, assisting with clinical tasks such as dressings, glucose monitoring, phlebotomy, and continence reassessments (following training and competency sign-off).
• Accurately record and document care provided, maintaining both electronic and paper health records.
• Monitor patient conditions and promptly report any changes to the nurse in charge.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Assist with clerical and administrative duties as required.
• Actively promote health, safety, and wellbeing for patients and colleagues.
• Participate in audits, team meetings, training, and clinical supervision.
• Support the orientation of new staff and students.
• Help ensure resources, stock, and equipment are well-maintained and used effectively.

The Ideal Candidate

• Compassionate, approachable, and committed to delivering excellent patient care.
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team, showing flexibility and resilience.
• Skilled in communication, able to listen to and support patients and carers with sensitivity.
• Organised, able to prioritise workload and manage tasks without direct supervision.
• IT-confident, with an understanding of maintaining accurate records.

Essential Requirements

• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent).
• Previous experience in health or social care.
• A current driving licence and access to a car.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Previous experience in community nursing.
• Competencies in venepuncture, blood glucose monitoring, catheter and stoma care, and wound care.

Package Description

As a Healthcare Assistant, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Sheppey Community Hospital.

You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of £23,875 with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Working for an organisation that has been shortlisted in the Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2023 for Best Equality and Diversity Project and Best Social Responsibility Programme. We are also delighted to have been shortlisted for the Wellbeing and Employee Engagement Award for our menopause support package, and for the Best Cost of Living Response Award for our cost of living support. The winner will be announced at the CIPP's Annual Excellence Awards on Thursday 5 October
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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