Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 16 September 2025

Job summary

SWB NHS Trust are currently advertising for 2 x 25 hours posts for enthusiastic and motivated Band 2 Health Care Assistants within our Imaging directorate.

We have many specialities that you will have the opportunity to experience. These are: Respiratory, Rapid Breast , Endocrinology, Cardiology, ENT and many more.

These specialties will be found in the main OPD areas in the Birmingham Treatment Centre, Sandwell Health Campus and Rowley Regis Hospital where you will be expected to take part in cross site working.

We offer a 4-6 months mentorship with an experienced team member so you can feel confident and part of the team straight away.

We would welcome applications from candidates who have previous experience and are prepared to undertake the level 2 healthcare support worker apprenticeship programme as part of their employment.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will be to assist the clinician, such as performing height & weight measurements, testing urine samples and blood pressure monitoring and then inputting the data into the Electronic Patient Record.

Undertake aspects of basic nursing care and maintenance of the ward/ department, insupport of professionally qualified members of the multidisciplinary team ensuring thehighest standard of patient/client care.

The post also requires ENT/Colorectal support with scopes.

You will be called to chaperone while the clinician examines the patient if required.

The successful candidate should be friendly, motivated and open to learning new ways of working.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Details

Date posted

02 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-IM-7425772

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust-Cross site working

City Health Campus, Sandwell Health Campus, Rowley Hospital

Sandwell / Rowley /Birmingham

B18 7QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Key skills - literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
  • Care Certificate or willing to work towards achieving qualification

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II In Direct Care/Post Natal Care/Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
  • Basic First Aid Certificate
  • Food Handling Certificate

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in an outpatient setting in a health care environment.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Key skills - literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
  • Care Certificate or willing to work towards achieving qualification

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II In Direct Care/Post Natal Care/Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
  • Basic First Aid Certificate
  • Food Handling Certificate

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in an outpatient setting in a health care environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust-Cross site working

City Health Campus, Sandwell Health Campus, Rowley Hospital

Sandwell / Rowley /Birmingham

B18 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust-Cross site working

City Health Campus, Sandwell Health Campus, Rowley Hospital

Sandwell / Rowley /Birmingham

B18 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Outpatient Senior Sister

Rachel Allen

rachel.howell2@nhs.net

01215074543

Details

Date posted

02 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-IM-7425772

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust-Cross site working

City Health Campus, Sandwell Health Campus, Rowley Hospital

Sandwell / Rowley /Birmingham

B18 7QH


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