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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Town of Bolton (NY); On-site; USD 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust in Bolton is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the Critical Care Unit, providing direct patient care to critically ill patients within an 18-bed unit and working with a multidisciplinary team.

You will have a supernumerary induction period and training across medical staff, outreach, physiotherapy, and dietetics to support your development in critical care.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care to critically ill patients.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Induction includes a supernumerary period and training with our multidisciplinary staff.

Skills

Direct patient care

Critical care support

Team collaboration

Job description

Healthcare Assistant in Critical Care | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The Critical Care Unit here at Bolton is looking to recruit hard working Health Care Assistant to work in our Critical Care Unit.

The Surgery Division includes emergency and elective surgery including specialities general surgery, breast, ENT, urology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology and rheumatology. This is inclusive of theatres and the Critical Care Unit. This makes for a varied division of services with a common focus of providing safe and effective patient care.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application, as we are unable to support visa applications for this position.

Successful candidates will be expected to provide direct patient care to critically ill patients, whilst being supported by our dynamic multi disciplinary team.

Critical Care is an 18 bedded unit caring for level 2 and level 3 patients from a variety of specialties. The unit undertakes long days with an internal rotation to night duty.

You will have a supernumerary period to support you in your induction. You will be guided and supported with many of our multidisciplinary team members including medical staff, outreach, physio, dietician etc.

Staff are supported during each of their shifts by an excellent team of nurses and each day is led by a band 7 team leader to further support staff and decision making within the unit. With the help of our supportive teams we can facilitate a safe and comfortable transition for new and exciting learning and development. We have a designated practice educator nurse for Critical Care who supports new staff and ensures all staff are up to date with competencies and skills training.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

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. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence formaternity, neonataland care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and personal job specification. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Please note that if successfully shortlisted interviews are held face to face.

This advert closes on Friday 25 Sep 2026

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Company: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £25,272 per annum pro rata Hours: Part-time Location: Bolton, BL4 0JR Job type: Permanent Posting date: 11 Sept 2026 Closing date: 11 Oct 2026

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