Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Healthcare Assistant A&E - Musgrove Park

Making a difference, not just a living.

Our bustling, friendly A&E Department has opportunities for Health Care Assistants who are keen to develop skills in Emergency Care.

We care for over 60,000 patients a year.

You will receive full orientation, with support from our nursing staff, as we help you to develop the skills that you need to give the best possible care to your patients. You will also haveaccess to in-house training.

You will be a core member of a team dedicated to delivering the highest standard of care, alongside delivering the KPIs of 4 hour visit and 15 minute triage and ambulance handover.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, we'd love to hear from you! Please apply today!

Caring for others may be the most rewarding job you could ever do. Alongside countless opportunities to enhance your clinical skills and receive support with your personal development, you could be the person to support our patients through their most difficult times. Often, a kind word, a smile, and the reassurance that they are safe and someone cares can make all the difference to a patient, could you be that person?

• Guaranteed hours with at least 4 weeks notice of shifts
• Market leading annual leave - 27 days + BHs
• Blue Light Card discounts at more than 15,000 retailers
• Annual pay review and increments

Main duties of the job

Experience of working in a care setting would be advantageous but all necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post will be provided.

Full details of duties can be found in the job description.

There will be an expectation of a 24/7 approach to shifts patterns with a commitment to participate in the on call service after appropriate training.

Please be advised, if you cannot commit to the following shift patterns, you will be referred to our Bank team who will have a discussion with you about flexible working patterns.

Days: Between the hours of 7am and 7:30pm

Nights: Between the hours of 7pm and 7:30 am

Weekends and Bank Holidays

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!