Health Care Assistant - Intestinal Failure Unit

Job summary

The Intestinal Failure Unit at Salford are recruiting a full-time band 3 health care assistant for a 12-month secondment. The intestinal failure unit is highly specialised and provides care and treatment to patients with complex nutritional needs who require life-sustaining treatment to survive. These patients often require a prolonged hospital stay.

Experience within stoma care is desired and there will be opportunities to train to perform venepuncture, cannulation, ECGs and clinical observations. It will be advantageous if you already have experience in these skills. Experience in healthcare is essential, and full experience will be given to speciality.

You must have completed the Care Certificate or be working towards this. A Level 3 NVQ or Apprenticeship qualification is preferred but not essential.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to perform a wide range of duties and clerical tasks including assistance with hygiene and mobility as well as venepuncture, cannulation, wound care, clinical observations, recording blood sugars and ECG recordings.

You will be required to be flexible - shifts patterns will consist of Early, Late , Long days and nights. Shifts will be predominantly days but may require some rotation on to nights.

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.

As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.

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.