Healthcare Assistant

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Smethwick is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support patients with individual needs in a fast-paced medical unit. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, serving meals, and monitoring patient conditions. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a passion for patient advocacy. This role promises a fulfilling career in healthcare, within a supportive team environment, with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in direct care is preferred; Level 2/3 NVQ opportunities available in the future.
• Must communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals.
• Friendly, approachable, and willing to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with personal needs including washing, dressing and toileting.
• Take meal orders and serve food to patients.
• Monitor patient conditions and input information into electronic record systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Patient advocacy

Job description

Responsibilities

As a Health Care assistant within Acute Medicine you will be supporting patients with their personal, tailored individual needs. This will include washing, dressing and toileting, taking patient meal orders ensuring to order what is right for them and identifying different dietary needs. Serving meals and helping to feed patient who can no longer do this for themselves, helping patients to mobilise and to move around, making beds, monitoring patient conditions by carrying out observations, be able to use computers to input patient information onto our electronic record systems.

What We’re Looking For

Do you want a career as a health care assistant in helping to make a difference? Do you enjoy and thrive when working as a part of a multidisciplinary team? Do you have excellent communication skills and enjoy being an advocate for vulnerable adults?

About the Unit

If so we are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our NHS family at the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) within Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Acute Medical Unit and Short stay. This is a 108 bedded unit caring for adults presenting with acute medical illness. It includes an enhanced care unit, Frailty assessment and Short stay area.

Qualifications

We welcome applicants who do not hold Level 2 in direct care but have experience. There will in the future be opportunities to embark on Level 2 or 3 NVQ. You must have excellent communications skills and be able to communicate any concerns that you may have or if you feel as though a patient is deteriorating or doesn't seem right. You must be able to communicate with patients, doctors, therapists and patient families. You must be friendly and approachable and willing to learn.

Working for you Organisation‑ Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people. Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community. Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to 'Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.' It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.