Healthcare Assistant

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn; King's Lynn and West Norfolk; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in King's Lynn is seeking dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join their team. In this role, you will focus on providing high-quality care and support to patients, working closely under the guidance of a Registered Nurse. Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication skills and a willingness to adapt to changing environments. The position offers comprehensive training and opportunities for development, ensuring a supportive workplace for all staff members.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction programme

Support for further training

Positive team spirit

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care environment or the NHS is desirable.
• Willingness to undertake further training and mandatory updates as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality personal care and support.
• Work under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Attend the GROW Programme and Caring with Kindness training.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Decision making

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for Healthcare Assistants to join The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn. As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be a valued member of our team. Your focus will be on keeping patients at the centre of all we do, providing high quality care. We are looking for individuals who uphold our trust values to contribute to making our patients feel comfortable and well cared for during their stay. You are required to be flexible and adaptable to meet the ever changing needs of the unit environment. Our aim is to provide our patients with the highest quality of personal care and support while they are in hospital.

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be responsible for working under delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Induction and Training

Successful candidates will attend the GROW Programme, the QEHKL enhanced induction programme. This includes mandatory training (the training that all clinical staff at the hospital complete). You will be taught the fundamental skills you need to perform your role and attend the Caring with Kindness programme (essential learning from patient experience). The course is very practical – you will have plenty of time to practice new skills before you start your new role.

Opportunities

If you are interested in a bank position with the Trust rather than substantive please apply via the separate advertisement. We are currently looking for enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Workers to join our teams and support them in providing effective care in a safe and therapeutic environment. We have vacancies across the Trust and are offering positions for all those areas.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate flexibility
• Be able to work as part of a team as well as make decisions autonomously
• Be willing to undertake further training and Mandatory updates as deemed necessary

Experience and Development

Previous experience of working within a care environment or the NHS is desirable but not essential as you will be supported whilst learning the role. You will attend a comprehensive induction programme and will be supported to complete the care certificate.

About QEHKL and Our Direction

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships. We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Administrative Details

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role. You will be required to work as part of a 7 day rota with day and night shifts.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026