Job summary
Please Note : We are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 Healthcare Assistant roles as they do not meet the UK Visa's & Immigration's criteria.
We are looking for Healthcare Assistants to cover our Medical Winter Wards from November 2023 to March 2024. These are fixed term positions which may lead to permanent roles.
Healthcare Assistants carry out a wide range of care duties directly with the patient, and their relatives/carers.
We have full and part time hours available. Shifts are generally 12 hours : days (07.30 am to 8.00 pm) nights (07.30pm to 8.00am). Full time is equal to 3 x 12 hours, part time is equal to 2 x 12 hours shifts. Shifts are rostered to cover a 7 day service, so you must be able to work some weekends, nights and bank holidaysYou do not need prior care experience but you must have qualities and skills which make you suited to caring for people in a rewarding yet challenging environment.
We offer good opportunities for progression to both Nursing Associate and Nursing role, as well as a great pension, generous annual leave and other employee benefits.
Main duties of the job
These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:
- Helping patients to wash or shower and dress
- Serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat
- Making and changing beds
- Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores
- Talking with patients to help them feel less lonely or anxious
- Helping patients with mobility problems to move around
- Giving out and collecting bedpans
- Helping patients to the toilet
It's really important to consider that some aspects of healthcare work can be challenging. You will be expected to help patients with personal care and deal with highly emotive circumstances. You will need to be able to communicate sympathetically with patients, and distressed relatives, and care for patients who are very sick.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K), West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Healthcare work is very rewarding. You are making a positive difference to the lives of others when they are at their most vulnerable. Other benefits include:
- We will recognise your previous qualifications and experience within your starting salary
- Youll have access to high quality training and national qualifications e.g. the care certificate
- All Healthcare Assistants receive generous shift pay enhancements for nights, weekends and bank holidays which significantly increases basic pay rates
- Holiday pay starts at 27 days' annual leave per year (increasing to 33 after 10 years), plus bank holidays
- You will have access to a gold standard pension scheme
- You will have access to NHS discounts across hundreds of shops, restaurants & services (Morrisons, Nando's etc.)
- Excellent career development opportunities are available e.g. access to Nurse training and apprenticeships
- Paid leave when youre sick after the first 6 months at work and access to all occupational health services (fast track physio referral scheme, counselling services etc)
- Generous occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Job Description
- Participate in the delivery of patient care, following agreed plans, policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines, carrying out tasks and activities relevant for the job role/place of work
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met
- Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation
- Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards
- Provide escort and transfer for patients with low dependency as directed by the multidisciplinary team
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
- Provide routine information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained
- Contribute to the recording and storing of information, ensuring it is securely held, accurate, complete and legible and can be retrieved promptly when required
- Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory
- Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information
- Contribute to the effective management of risk, by accurate recording and reporting and correct maintenance of records and documentation
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines, alerting senior staff if practice of self and others appear to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care
- Contribute to the development of services from the patients perspective, making suggestions for change and improvements, including taking part in patient and public involvement activities
- Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources by ensuring that supplies are available, alerting senior staff when supplies are short, and by making suggestions to reduce waste
Job description
Job responsibilities
Healthcare work is very rewarding. You are making a positive difference to the lives of others when they are at their most vulnerable. Other benefits include:
- We will recognise your previous qualifications and experience within your starting salary
- Youll have access to high quality training and national qualifications e.g. the care certificate
- All Healthcare Assistants receive generous shift pay enhancements for nights, weekends and bank holidays which significantly increases basic pay rates
- Holiday pay starts at 27 days' annual leave per year (increasing to 33 after 10 years), plus bank holidays
- You will have access to a gold standard pension scheme
- You will have access to NHS discounts across hundreds of shops, restaurants & services (Morrisons, Nando's etc.)
- Excellent career development opportunities are available e.g. access to Nurse training and apprenticeships
- Paid leave when youre sick after the first 6 months at work and access to all occupational health services (fast track physio referral scheme, counselling services etc)
- Generous occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Job Description
- Participate in the delivery of patient care, following agreed plans, policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines, carrying out tasks and activities relevant for the job role/place of work
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met
- Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation
- Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards
- Provide escort and transfer for patients with low dependency as directed by the multidisciplinary team
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
- Provide routine information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained
- Contribute to the recording and storing of information, ensuring it is securely held, accurate, complete and legible and can be retrieved promptly when required
- Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory
- Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information
- Contribute to the effective management of risk, by accurate recording and reporting and correct maintenance of records and documentation
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines, alerting senior staff if practice of self and others appear to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care
- Contribute to the development of services from the patients perspective, making suggestions for change and improvements, including taking part in patient and public involvement activities
- Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources by ensuring that supplies are available, alerting senior staff when supplies are short, and by making suggestions to reduce waste
Person Specification
Working Pattern
Essential
- Are you able to work a range of shift patterns?
Experience
Essential
- Customer Facing Experience
Desirable
- Experience of delivering care
Values
Essential
- Desire to care for other people
- Desire to be an advocate for others when they are not able to advocate for themselves
- Ability to be observant
- Ability to be brave and speak up when necessary
Person Specification
Working Pattern
Essential
- Are you able to work a range of shift patterns?
Experience
Essential
- Customer Facing Experience
Desirable
- Experience of delivering care
Values
Essential
- Desire to care for other people
- Desire to be an advocate for others when they are not able to advocate for themselves
- Ability to be observant
- Ability to be brave and speak up when necessary
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
