Healthcare Assistant - Paediatrics | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Bolton Nhs Foundation Trust; Farnworth; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a motivated healthcare assistant to join their team in Bolton. This role requires individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, committed to providing high-quality patient-centered care. Candidates will need to work within a team, be driven to improve patient care, and may have to work unsocial hours. The organization offers a supportive environment and flexible working patterns.

Qualifications

• Motivated and committed to providing quality service for children and families.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Prepared to work some unsocial hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent patient-centered care.
• Support patients, relatives, and other team members.
• Promote high standards of care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Motivation

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Job description

Job details

• Posting date: 16 September 2025
• Salary: Not specified
• Additional salary information: £24,465 pa pro rata
• Hours: Part time
• Closing date: 16 October 2025
• Location: Bolton, BL4 0JR
• Company: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
• Job type: Permanent
• Job reference: 7388645/241-387FD-25

Summary

The hospital is known for being a friendly and supportive place to work; a large part of this is due to the teams that work here. As healthcare assistant you can be assured that you will be supported and developed in your role. All of our healthcare assistants complete the care certificate programme and are supported by the nursing team, the practice educator and ward manager.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the GOV.UK website: Skilled Worker visa: Overview.

The Family Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women's and Children's services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.

We are therefore looking to recruit motivated, hardworking healthcare assistants who have excellent communication skills & a passion for their role and improving patient care. We expect you to perform with passion and drive, provide excellent care, and be supportive to patients, relatives, and other MDT members. You will be expected to promote an excellent standard of patient centred care in a supported environment.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust Values. This is reflected in our latest CQC report. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provides services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life.

Ward which is a combined medical and surgical ward with a dedicated HDU and Assessment Unit.

You must be motivated and committed to providing a quality service for children, young people and their families. We are seeking people that can demonstrate the values of the Trust.

You must be prepared to work well within a team and have good interpersonal skills. Successful candidates must possess good IT skills.

This post will involve working some unsocial hours.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.

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