Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Whitby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic NHS Trust as a health care assistant on Whitby ward, providing high-quality care in a newly refurbished hospital. This role offers a challenging opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting patients with personal care and daily needs while contributing to their overall well-being.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake further training and development.
• Health-related NVQ qualification or willingness to work towards one.
• Experience of working in a health care environment.

Responsibilities

• Assisting qualified staff with personal care duties.
• Reporting patient conditions to qualified staff.
• Managing day-to-day needs of patients.

Skills

Team working

Flexibility

High standards of care

Education

NVQ2 or equivalent experience

Care Certificate

Job description

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

We are looking for high caliber, motivated and enthusiastic health care assistants who are keen to develop their career on Whitby ward. This post could be for you if you are looking for a challenging role and are able to provide high quality care within our highly skilled and forward thinking multi-disciplinary teams.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we have just moved into the new multi-million pound refurbished hospital, which will ensure we will continue to provide high quality services for the local community.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is a forward thinking and dynamic NHS Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centered and compassionate care to our patients.

We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver the highest quality of care.

Whitby is a pretty traditional seaside town in North Yorkshire, situated on the east coast at the mouth of theRiver Esk.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

• Assisting qualified staff by undertaking personal care duties for patients.
• Reporting the patient condition to qualified staff.
• Undertaking delegated work of the multidisciplinary team to assist in the provision of individualised planned patient care under indirect supervision. Care tasks may include managing the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility.
• Working as part of a team which supports the operation of the ward 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and will therefore be required to work shifts including nights, days and weekends

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person spec.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Range of routine work procedures, requiring job training
• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
• NVQ2 or equivalent experience
• Care Certificate
• Be willing to undertake further training and development.
• To possess a health related NVQ qualification or demonstrate willingness to work towards one.

Experience

• To demonstrate an understanding of provision of nursing care.
• To have experience of working in a health care environment.

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrate an understanding of team working.
• Must be flexible
• Work within other areas of the Hospital.
• Must be able to work shifts within a 24-hour period.
• Demonstrate and awareness of own and others competencies.
• Show commitment to providing high standards of care.

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.