Healthcare Assistant - Bishops Castle Community Hospital

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Bishop's Castle; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Healthcare Assistant for Bishops Castle Community Hospital. The role involves providing compassionate personal care to patients while collaborating with medical staff. Ideal candidates will be skilled in personal care and able to work under pressure. Apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist patients with personal care tasks.
• Experience providing person-centred care.
• Experience working in a team within a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal care and support their recovery.
• Provide holistic and person-centred care.
• Carry out non-clinical healthcare tasks under supervision.
• Ensure quality care in line with Trust values.

Skills

Personal care assistance

Compassionate care

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

Role: Healthcare Assistant (Bishops Castle Community Hospital)

Bishops Castle Community Hospital is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our team.

The ward is busy and you will need to be able to work under pressure at times. You will work within the established nursing team on the ward alongside Registered Nurses, Healthcare Support Workers and therapy staff providing care to patients on the ward.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal care and support their recovery.
• Provide holistic and person-centred care to community patients in an acute setting.
• Carry out a range of non-clinical healthcare tasks under the direct supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner.
• Provide compassionate care to agreed quality standards and in accordance with Trust values.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received; we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.

About the Trust

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.