Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Chippenham is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker for a 9-month fixed-term contract. The role involves providing compassionate care in a multi-professional team setting. Candidates should have a Care Certificate or willingness to achieve one, along with experience in patient-focused care and working under supervision. The position offers a salary of £24,486 and numerous benefits including access to personal development, mental well-being support, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Salary of £24,486

Access to wages as you earn

Online mental and physical well-being support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Free tea and coffee at base location

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting other workers.
• Physical skills to manually handle patients using lifting aids.
• Self-motivated and driven to achieve.

Responsibilities

• Provide kind and respectful care in line with individual care plans.
• Monitor well-being and maintain a safe, clean environment.
• Assist with daily activities, supporting clinical tasks.

Skills

Delivering patient-focused care

Experience of working under supervision

Ability to work as a team member

Good time management

Basic wound care knowledge

Education

Care Certificate or willingness to achieve

Job description

A great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Healthcare Support Worker working on Mulberry Ward at Chippenham hospital on a 9 month fixed term contract for maternity cover.

We are looking for aones , reliable, and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our team in delivering high-quality, person-centred care. As a valued member of the care team Saw obtain essential support for both patients and colleagues, helping to ensure a safe, comfortable, and dignified experience for everyone in your care.

You will be working as part of a multi-professional team in an inpatient setting, providing care, support, and treatment to individuals in line with the guidelines and protocols set out for your role.

Whether you’re assisting with daily activities, supporting clinical tasks, or simply offering reassurance and companionship, your contribution will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we care for.

If you would like more information please contact Ward Manager: Candia Mohan on 01249 456476 [e-mail]

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll provide.DEBUG kind and respectful care in line with individual care plans, supporting patients under the guidance of a registered practitioner. Your role is centred on the patient ensuring their voice is heard and involving them, and their carers, in decisions about their care.

Working within an inpatient setting, youll help deliver day-to‑day support, monitor wellbeing, and maintain a safe, clean environment You’ll play a key part in promoting independence, encouraging recovery, and ensuring each person’s needs and preferences are understood and respected.

As a valued member of a multi‑professional team, youll carry out delegated tasks with compassion, communication, and attention to detail helping to create a positive and supportive experience for every patient.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we/img are one of the UKs leading independent providers of communityεύ health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children нийт community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen língua often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we need to close it earlier than the waqt date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare AssistantSmart will be part of our valued team within our Inpatients wards at Chippenham Community Hospital.

You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of £24,486 with access to our group pension
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well asREPORTing Bereich and career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• Free tea and MCA coffee at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

• Care Certificate or willingness to achieve.
• Experience of working under supervision.
• Experience of supporting other workers.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Delivering patient-focused care.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
• Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
• Driven to achieve.
• Self-motivated.
• Good time management.
• Experience of community working.
• Experience of the NHS.
• Experience of work in an acute or urgent health care setting.
• Basic wound care knowledge and skills.
• Current full driving licence and use of a car during working hours.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.