Senior Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Warrington seeks a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join a dedicated team. The role involves supporting patients with daily activities and performing essential medical tasks. Ideal candidates will have experience in care settings and strong time management skills. This position offers the chance to work in a compassionate environment focused on delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in health, social, or residential care setting.
• Ability to manage and organize own time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with all aspects of ADLs.
• Perform cannulation, venepuncture, and ECG.
• Complete vital signs following NEWS 2 policy.

Skills

Time Management

Adaptability

Enthusiasm

Job description

Go back Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Senior Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 22 May 2025

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, please note that the Band 3 Healthcare worker role cannot offer sponsorship if you are new to the NHS (or have less than 2 years' service as Band 3 in the NHS). Consequently, your starting salary would be £24,169.

This is due to a change in the salary threshold advised by the UK Home Office on 12th March 2025, which states that employer sponsorship will only be available for starting salaries above £25,000. If you apply for this role and this restriction applies to you, your application will be automatically rejected prior to the 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. We need committed, experienced, and proactive senior healthcare support workers to join our highly skilled team. The team will support 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

• 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

About us

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

Straddling the neighboring 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 hosts our emergency, critical care, and maternity services, while Halton Hospital focuses on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre. Many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

We are a CQC-rated 'good' organization with 'outstanding' features and 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, recognized for our work in equality, diversity, and inclusion. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, emphasizing the importance of anti-racism in all we do.

Job 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 organize own time effectively
• Good time management skills
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload
• Adaptable to meet the needs of hard-to-reach families
• Willingness to train and develop; enthusiastic attitude

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT