Healthcare Assistant

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking a Health Care Assistant to support nursing staff and provide high-quality care to patients. You will be responsible for assisting in patient care, mentoring new staff, and ensuring safety and dignity in care delivery. This role requires a compassionate individual with strong customer care skills and current experience in a UK healthcare setting. A hybrid work environment is encouraged to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Training and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Must be in the UK with current experience as HCA in a UK healthcare setting.
• Strong spoken and written English is required.
• Experience in a clinical environment will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support registered nurses in delivering patient care.
• Participate in direct care and ensure patient safety.
• Mentor new staff and assist with care duties.

Skills

Compassionate care

Excellent customer care

Mentorship

Team collaboration

Job description

As a Health Care Assistant you will work under direct or indirect supervision of a registered nurse/Nursing Associate. The care you give to patients will be compassionate, caring, and high quality. You will recognise your abilities and limitations of your competence and only carry out those tasks for which you are trained. As a member of the ward team you will support the other staff, act in the best interest of patients and treat everyone with respect. As a Trust employee you will honour your work commitments, be reliable, trustworthy and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the Skills for Health Code of Conduct. Please note this is a front facing clinical role where a high level of spoken and written English language is required. Please do not use AI software for completion of your application for this role.

You currently must be in the UK and have current experience of working in a UK Healthcare setting as an HCA.

Some of the main duties of the job include:

• Carrying out assigned tasks as part of clinical team in support of registered nurses
• Undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients.
• Always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
• To assist members of the multi-disciplinary team to maintain patient’s fundamental needs and ensure patient safety.
• To carry out duties in support and under supervision of a registered nurse or Nursing Associate.
• To participate in direct patient care and other general duties within the clinical area employed.
• To provide support and leadership to care assistants and assist with a range of both clinical and non-clinical duties.
• To assist with a range of non-clinical duties.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

For full job requirements, please see the attached Job Description.

Some of the key tasks that you will need to deliver as part of this role include:

• Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
• Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on own initiative.
• Mentor and support new to care and Health Care Support Workers on the care certificate and to be a ‘buddy’ to any new starters.
• To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and experience an excellent patient experience whilst using our Trust services, respecting customs, and religious beliefs at all times.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• To care for enhanced care observation patients as required, under the Trust’s ‘Assessment, Observation and 1:1 Engagement for General Adults, Children and Young People Policy’. This may involve fulfilling the roles and responsibilities of a Mental Health Care Assistant delivering enhanced care observation, once MHCA related training study days have been attended.
• To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.

Please also note that it is a mandatory requirement, for those who do not have a Care Certificate, to complete a self-assessment form that is attached to this vacancy. Failure to complete and return this document 48 hours prior to your interview will delay the recruitment process or prevent your offer from being issued.

Important Information for Applicants Requiring Visa Sponsorship:

• Recent changes to UK immigration rules may affect your eligibility for a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa. Sponsorship may not be possible if: the role does not meet the minimum salary threshold set by UKVI; the role is not included on the Immigration Salary List (ISL); the role is below RQF Level 6 (graduate level).
• These restrictions may also apply if you are currently on a Graduate Visa and are seeking to switch to a Skilled Worker Visa.
• Please check your eligibility under the latest UKVI requirements before applying. Applications from candidates who do not meet the criteria cannot be progressed.

This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026.