Senior Health Care Assistant
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the UKs only Magnet accredited hospital, renowned for delivering care excellence to its patients.No prior experience is care is necessary as we support you through a healthcare assistant induction and support you to complete the National Care Certificate.
We are looking forward to meeting candidates with high levels of care and compassion and can demonstrate the values of team NUH.
If successful at shortlisting, you will be invited to a face to face interview where you will be asked to complete a numeracy and literacy test prior to interview.
Please not that due to high volume of applications feedback, if unsuccessful, will be unfortunately not given.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Healthcare Assistants and welcome any forward thinking, caring individual who is committed to providing a high standard of safe quality patient care.You must display excellent communication skills and be confident to deal with members of the public and the hospital multidisciplinary team
You will be delivering hands on patient care within our adult in-patient clinical areas.
Working for your organisation
At NUH we take great pride in having in place a team of highly trained Healthcare Assistants toprovide quality and compassionate patient care. These roles are essential to the experience of
our patients and their relatives and carers and they complement the clinical care provided by our
doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists.
As healthcare assistants at NUH, there are many opportunities for further progression andenhancing you clinical skills.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Required to carry out a number of designated tasks, of which will involve direct care, in support of and under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Following appropriate training and assessment, undertake clinical and non-clinical duties in support of the registered nurse.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria- training and qualification
- experience as HCA
- planning and organisational skills
- reliable personality
essential and desirable
Essential criteria- • Good standard of written and spoken English to an equivalent standard of GCSE grade C or above Good standard of numeracy and basic calculation skills to an equivalent standard of GCSE grade C or above (2)
- • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards (2)
- Able to follow Trust's values and behaviours
- • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards (2)
- experience as a HCA
- physically able to perform the job