Senior Healthcare Assistant

Transformationunitgm; Warrington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Warrington seeks a Senior Healthcare Assistant to support patients with respiratory conditions. The role includes assisting with daily living activities and vital signs monitoring. Join a compassionate team committed to high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in a health, social or residential care setting.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with all aspects of ADLs.
• Complete vital signs following NEWS 2 policy.
• Blood glucose monitoring.

Skills

Time management

Adaptability

Organizational skills

Job description

Main area Senior Healthcare Assistant Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (11.5 Hour shifts / day to night rotation) Job ref 370-ACS3B18-1632

Employer Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ward B18, Warrington Hospital Town Warrington Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/05/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

If you are an overseas national who would require a Certificate of Sponsorship from the Trust to ensure your Right to Work in the UK, the Band 3 Healthcare worker role is unable to offer this if you are new to the NHS (or have less than 2 years’ service as Band 3 in the NHS) and therefore your starting salary would be £24,169.

This is due to a change in the increased salary threshold advised by the UK Home Office on 12 th March 2025, stating that Employer sponsorship will only be available for starting salaries above £25,000. If you apply for the role and this restriction applies to you, your application would be automatically rejected prior to shortlisting stage.

Ward B18 is a 28 bedded acute respiratory care ward. We support and care for patients with both acute and chronic respiratory conditions and need committed, experienced and pro-active senior health care support workers to join our highly skilled team. The team will support any new recruits to ensure they provide the highest quality and safe care to our often very unwell and vulnerable patients.

Main duties of the job

To support patients with all aspects of ADLS,

Cannulation,

Venepuncture,

ECG,

Basic wound care and swabs

Complete vital signs following NEWS 2 policy.

Blood glucose monitoring.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

***The full details of the role, including main duties and responsibilities are available in the attached full Job Description and Person Specification**

Person specification

• Experience of working in a health, social or residential care setting
• Able to manage and organise own time effectively
• Time management
• Plan and prioritise own workload
• Adaptable to meet the needs of hard to reach families
• Willingness to train and develop Enthusiastic

WHH hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website .Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.