Healthcare Assistant - IMEC | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking Health Care Assistants to join their Integrated Medicine and Emergency Care division. Candidates will assist patients in daily activities, communicate effectively with healthcare professionals, and receive training for essential clinical skills. This role offers a supportive environment with a focus on professional development and high-quality care delivery.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Attractive range of benefits

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and passionate about delivering high-quality care.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with everyday tasks and personal hygiene.
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team for effective patient care.
• Maintain high standards of nursing care under supervision.
• Support patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Maintain accurate written and electronic records.
• Engage in change improvement and champion an area of care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Patience

Team collaboration

Ability to maintain records

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for inspirational and motivated Health Care Assistants to join our Trust within our Integrated Medicine and Emergency Care division at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. The successful candidates will be supported by both our nursing and medical team and essential training for the role will be provided. You must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and be enthusiastic and passionate about the delivery of high-quality care.

As a health care assistant within the team, your role will be assisting our patients with everyday tasks which involve maintaining a good oral intake, assisting with personal hygiene, and escorting patients to various procedures whilst also assisting both our medical and nursing teams to deliver treatment. In addition to providing essential nursing care, there will be a range of clinical skills you are expected to acquire to fulfil the role requirements, such as undertaking clinical observations and venepuncture (taking blood samples). All necessary training for acquiring these skills will be provided by the Trust.

Working alongside skilled health professionals who work within this multidisciplinary team, the department provides a fantastic place to learn and for you to develop your skills. We are looking to recruit a number of caring and enthusiastic healthcare assistants to join various wards across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.

Responsibilities

• You will need to have excellent communication skills, as our patients are often complex and require you to be patient and understanding.
• You will be required to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patient needs are identified and communicated effectively so that safe decisions are made around patient care.
• You will be expected to maintain high standards of nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and be personally responsible for your actions following the Trust’s Policies and Procedures.
• You will be required to support the safe admission, transfer and discharges of patients and be pro-active in the timely support provided to patients at all times.
• You will be expected to maintain accurate written and/or electronic records ensuring all legal requirements are met.
• You will be encouraged and supported to gain new skills and to be actively involved in change improvement and being a champion for an area of care that you feel interested in. You should also be committed to and have evidence of continuing professional development.
• You will need to be prepared to work flexibly to the needs of the service.
• Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applicants apply.

About Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire. We are proud of the care we strive to provide, and we want to continue to build on this by the addition of passionate, kind and caring people to our teams. Using the latest pathways, evidence-based care and, using all the community therapy support networks available to us to give every patient the best opportunity to remain independent, safe and supported. We are looking for people who strongly align with our Trust values and share common goals.

Our commitments

• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continuous learning and development for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance

We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.

The Trust is accredited as a Disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.

For further information on the Job Description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description. Please also read the attached Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant criteria for the post.

Interviews for the position will be scheduled to take place at the beginning of December. These interviews will be face-to-face.

This advert closes on Thursday 6 Nov 2025