Healthcare Assistants - A4

Integrated Care System; Warrington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Warrington is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for ward A4, responsible for providing care to patients requiring surgical support. The candidate should have NVQ 2 level experience in healthcare, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in sensitive situations. Join a committed team dedicated to improving patient outcomes and experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience working at NVQ 2 level within a clinical healthcare setting.
• Previous experience with inpatients or surgical areas.

Responsibilities

• Assist the nursing team in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Work collaboratively with the team to meet patient needs.

Skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to cope with emotionally sensitive situations

Basic IT keyboard skills

Education

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent

Evidence of working at NVQ 3 level (healthcare)

Job description

Go back Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Healthcare Assistants - A4

The closing date is 14 August 2025

The role of a Healthcare Assistant within ward A4 , is to provide care for both males and females from the age of 18. We are a 33 bedded ward. We are an acute surgical ward, caring for patients requiring surgical care, including colorectal, urology, ENT, breast and UGI.

Main duties of the job

You will be working within a highly skilled nursing team within ward A4. You will be supporting patients that require emergency surgery, conservative surgical management, with all aspects of daily living, including personal care, nutrition, toileting and pressure area care. You will be part of the team which supports patients in recovering and supporting them daily back to their baseline ready for discharge.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Job responsibilities

To assist the nursing team in planning, implementation, and evaluation of holistic patient care.

To care for and assist patients as required.To work collaboratively and cooperatively with others in the team to meet the needs of the patients and their families.Participate in the development of self and others.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience working at NVQ 2 level within a clinical healthcare setting
• Previous experience of working with in patients or surgical areas

Qualifications

• Educated to GSCE level or equivalent
• Evidence of working at NVQ 3 level (healthcare)
• Ability

Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to cope with patient related emotionally sensitive and diverse situations
• Understanding of confidentiality
• Ability to plan own workload according to service need
• Basic IT keyboard skills

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

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT