Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

HCA Ward 1

The closing date is 23 June 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Day Surgery Hub at Kidderminster Treatment Centre.

We are looking for a dynamic Healthcare Assistant with initiative and a keen interest in Day Surgery. This is a part time role for 34.5 hours per week.

Do you want to be part of our team that is constantly evolving and moving forward?

Our vision is to become one of the top performing Surgical Hubs, delivering a safe efficient service, based on best practice across a variety of specialities including, general surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology, ear, nose and throat and urology. Our aim is to continue providing high quality healthcare, whilst improving our utilization, reducing cancellations and any delays for treatment and DNA's.

'Putting patients first'

Main duties of the job

Your role as a Health Care Assistant (HCA) is to work alongside registered nurse as part of the Day surgery hub to provide care to patients.

The types of duties include assisting trained nurses to prepare patients for theatre, serving patients meals, caring for patient post operatively, helping people to mobilise, assisting patients with toileting, bed-making, generally assisting with patients' overall comfort, monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.

Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do.

You will communicate effectively with patients and their carers.

This role will require you to work variable hours on a rota including nights and weekends.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

09 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0526

Job locations

Kidderminster General Hospital

Bewdley Road

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY116RJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be involved in patient admission, introducing patients to the ward/department as directed by a registered nurse.

You will assist in preparing patients for theatre, taking observations, helping complete admission details.

You will look after patient post operatively with a trained nurse, taking observation, getting food and drinks.

You will assist with toileting, escorting patients to and from the lavatory and recording outputs where necessary.

You will assist with monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.

You will assist with patients' mobilisation, ensuring safe environment and using appropriate techniques.

You will make beds and help to ensure the ward/department is kept clean, tidy and safe.

You will communicate with patients and their relatives with care and compassion.

You will report to the nurse in charge of the department matters of concern relating to patients and the ward/department environment.

You will assist the multi professional team to prepare and support patients undergoing treatment and / or investigation maintaining privacy and dignity at all times.

You will safeguard vulnerable adults.

You will ensure the privacy and dignity of patients are met at all times.

You will be adaptable and flexible to working in various areas of the department or ward as required.