Senior Health Care Assistant

Integrated Care System; Stockport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Senior Healthcare Assistant for the Acute Frailty Unit. The role involves supporting clinical teams in delivering high-quality patient care and maintaining safety standards. Candidates should have NVQ2 and previous experience in a caring role. The position offers annual leave, salary sacrifice schemes, and financial advice through Stockport Credit Union.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for budgeting

Local financial advice through Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Basic written and numeracy skills.
• Understanding of caring and health & safety.
• Experience in a caring role.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical professionals in patient care.
• Maintain high standards of care.
• Ensuring safety and compliance with regulations.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Teamwork

Patient Focused

Venepuncture

Physiological Observation

Electrocardiogram

Education

NVQ2

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, professional Senior Healthcare assistants to come and join our team on the Acute Frailty Unit.

The Acute Frailty Unit accommodates 16 short stay beds both male and female patients.

You will be part of a friendly, supportive , and professional integrated team comprising of consultants, Nurses, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapist, co-ordinators, advanced clinical practitioners, social services and community services to offer the best care for our patients in this acute setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to undertake training to enable them to carry out a wide range of tasks in support of clinical professionals, including activities directly related to patient care.

The team is dedicated to maintaining high standards promoting the Trusts values and standards.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Job responsibilities

****For detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the job description & person specification attachment****

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Written & basic numeracy skills
• NVQ2

Knowledge

• Understanding of caring.
• Understanding of the importance of developing knowledge
• Understanding of health & safety

Experience

• Past experience in caring role

Skills & Abilities

• Able to organise self and deliver tasks effectively
• Able to work as part of a team
• An ability to be patient focused
• Venepuncture
• Physiological observation
• Electrocardiogram

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.

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum