Healthcare Assistant

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Tees Valley is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join their team. The role involves providing direct patient care, supporting qualified staff, and ensuring hygiene and nutritional needs are met. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience in healthcare settings. This position offers the opportunity to make a real difference in patient rehabilitation and support within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for sponsorship.
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must have a willingness to complete short courses relevant to clinical care duties.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified staff in providing direct patient care.
• Deliver personal care to ensure hygiene needs are met.
• Communicate with patients, relatives, and team members.
• Ensure necessary documentation is kept up to date.

Skills

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work in a team

Leadership ability

Education

GCSE equivalent in English and Mathematics

Care Certificate

Job description

Go back County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 18 November 2025

Are you friendly, keen to learn, and a team player? If sokeep reading as this could be your opportunity to join our well establishedteam here on Franziska Willer Ward at Sedgefield Community HospitalWard. We areseeking to appoint an enthusiastic health care assistant to join our team.

As a team we strive towards delivering a highstandard of care and this is reflected in the feedback we receive from thepatients and relatives who have had experience of being on our ward.

Main duties of the job

As a healthcare assistant on the ward you will be requiredto assist the qualified staff in providing direct patient care. You must be able to work effectively as part of a team as well as being able to use your initiative when required.

The successful applicant must be able to demonstrateexcellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will possess goodorganisational skills and be able to contribute to the development of flexibleworking arrangements within the team.

We are an elderly rehabilitation ward, promotingindependence is paramount in order to get the optimum outcome for the patient.

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

Over reliance onAI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances ofsuccess.

For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.

From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two yearsof experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to considersponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria andhave a current visa expiring within 3 months).

Job responsibilities

The role of the healthcare assistant on the ward includes:

• taking instructions from the qualified nurse
• delivering personal care to ensure hygiene need are met
• ensuring nutritional needs are met
• assisting with toileting
• carrying out vital observations
• assisting with mobilising patients
• ensuring necessary documentation is kept up to date andrecorded accurately.
• communicating with patients, relatives andother members of the multi-disciplinary team

Person Specification

Special Requirements

• Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
• skills.
• Ability to work in a busy and varied work
• environment and respond to change.
• Be able to offer pastoral care to mentors and students when providing feedback on performance.

Personal Attributes

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels.
• Understanding of the role of HCSW.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Knowledge and understanding of the need for confidentiality

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Good verbal and written command of
• Ability to act upon own initiative.
• Able to work under some pressure.
• Ability to show leadership
• Ability to plan own work.Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Willing to take and record patient
• observations.
• Knowledge of care and related procedures, clinical observations, relevant legislation.

Experience

• Ability to learn new skills.
• Previous experience in caring for others.

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Good verbal and written command of
• Ability to act upon own initiative.
• Able to work under some pressure.
• Ability to show leadership
• Ability to plan own work.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Willing to take and record patient
• observations.
• Knowledge of care and related procedures, clinical observations, relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• Care Certificate or willingness to complete within first 6 months of commencement in post.
• GCSE equivalent in English and Mathematics.
• Short courses relevant to undertake patient and clinical care duties.

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

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust