Healthcare Assistant North Cotswold Hospital

NHS; Moreton-in-Marsh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a proactive and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant for the North Cotswold Hospital. This role involves providing a high standard of care to patients in a minor injury and illness unit, as well as maintaining the clinical environment. Applicants should possess NVQ Level 3 and enjoy working as part of a team in a dynamic setting.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in acute healthcare setting required.
• Willingness to achieve Care Certificate within 6 months.
• Evidence of current clinical skills relevant to the position.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Maintain supplies and cleanliness of the clinical environment.
• Support patients through registration, treatment, and discharge.

Skills

Effective Communication

Clinical Skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare

Care Certificate

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant North Cotswold Hospital

The closing date is 29 June 2025

We are looking for an experienced Health Care Assistant with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who holds the patient experience and care at the heart of their practice. You will need to be pro-active and enthusiastic in your role, share our organisational values & be looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of Emergency Practitioners and qualified staff in our Practitioner Led Unit.

We are therefore looking for a Healthcare Assistant with experience of working in an Acute health care setting and with a NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare.

Applications from experienced HCAs with extended skills such as venepuncture and ECGs would be welcome. You must be a team player, have the ability to plan and organise your workload under the direction of the Practitioners and trained staff.

The North Cotswold Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week & the post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts. Our hours of service are 0800-2000hrs.

Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients and applicants will also be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other department duties including some administration and Reception duties.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of high quality patient care, promoting rehabilitation and independence for those patients attending the MIiU under the supervision of the qualified unscheduled care practitioner (ENP/EP) and Band 5 Staff.

Maintain stock levels and ensure timely ordering of consumables and assist in keeping the clinical environment clean and tidy on a daily basis.

Support patients from the point of registration through to treatment and discharge.

Work alongside a clinician to facilitate planned returns dressings.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

The North Cotswold Hospital Minor Injury and Illness Unit (MIiU) is one of 6 units within GHC.

We see on average 25 - 40 patients per day from all age groups with a variety of presentations.

We manage a mixture of planned returns, booked appointments via our telephone triage service and walk in patients.

We work as a cohesive team with everyone's role holding equal value.

There are training and development opportunities both inhouse and externally for all staff.

Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.

Person Specification

Experience,

• Significant and recent experience within the health care setting
• Recognition of the acutely unwell patient and ability to respond appropriately
• Enthusiasm, reliability, flexibility and adaptability
• Care certificate ( or willingness to achieve this within 6 months of commencing post)
• Evidence of current clinical skills relevant to band.

Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate with people at all levels and different backgrounds
• A good command of basic computer skills and willingness to undertake training for SystmOne, PAS, ADASTRA and MSS
• Evidence of current clinical skills relevant to band.

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.

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearper annum (pro rata)