Health Care Assistant - Complex Spinal Unit

Job summary

Healthcare Assistants looking for an exciting challenge and a wealth of opportunities are encouraged to join our current team on Ward H5 (Complex Spinal Unit).

We have 26 beds, caring for patients with a range of spinal conditions from across the Greater Manchester Region. Alongside the ward senior nursing team, the ward is supported by specialist nurse teams and advanced nurse practitioners.

As a HCA you will be responsible for supporting our Team to ensure that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.

You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in theNHS

As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and wellbeing and go the extra mile to ensure compassionate and personalised patient care.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant you will assist the Health Care Practitioner to carry out routine health related activities and complete personal care and activities of daily living ensuring patient led focused care.

You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, bladder scanning and venepuncture and cannulation.

You will provide excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.

In return youwill:-

Be developed by our dedicated training professionals, including our specialist spinal nurses. You'll have access to a wide range of learning opportunities and state of the art facilities, including seminar rooms, an IT suite, a library, skills labs and an on-site simulation suite. You'll also have access to CPD to help take your career in the right direction.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.