Higher Level Healthcare Assistant - A4
Job overview
The role of a higher-level healthcare assistant on Ward A4, is around supporting patients both with their hygiene and dietary requirements, but also supporting their medical needs. This role allows you to develop clinical skills on a daily basis and clinically assess patients to improve their health and wellbeing.
Main duties of the job
As a Higher-Level Healthcare Assistant on Ward A4, you will be encouraged and supported to expand your knowledge and skills by a dynamic senior nursing team and fellow higher level healthcare assistants. You will be caring for patients with a range of surgical conditions, including patients requiring stoma care, catheter care, surgical wounds and complex treatment plans.
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
Senior Healthcare Assistant will be responsible for providing a range of personal care for patients and a range of clinical duties under the guidance of a registered healthcare professional.
Senior Healthcare Assistant work independently performing a number of clinical duties/tasks following training and meeting competency within role as per policy and procedures.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Care Experience
- Band 3 Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE Levels
- NVQ
Skills, knowledge and competenecies
Essential criteria- General healthcare skills
- Band 3 competencies
You can find more information on the Government website. Please review your eligibility and the eligibility of the role before submitting your application.