Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 06 April 2026

Job summary

Join one of our welcoming and supportive teams as a Senior Healthcare Assistant where you will have the chance to learn, grow, and thrive. Our friendly environment ensures you will be guided and developed by our award-winning Education Team every step of the way. Rest assured, you will make a significant impact on our patients every single day, fostering a sense of pride and value in your work.

We offer full training that we have developed ourselves - in fact, your first three weeks starts with you completing your Care Certificate which you will then take onto the ward/department you are allocated to and proudly showcase all your new skills.

Our hospitals do not close, so as you would expect, we do work on a shift basis - our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so everyone gets involved working different shifts to ensure our patients receive the very best. Typically, you would usually work a day or night shift: 07:00-19:30 & 19:00-07:30. We ask our teams how they feel about the shifts and much feedback that it is great to have a varied work pattern & can really help with care responsibilities and ensuring an excellent work life balance & meeting even more colleagues.

We promise you that you will make a difference to our patients every single day and we know that is what will really motivate you. We will be proud of you; you will be proud of you, and you will be so valued here.

Main duties of the job

As you would expect, we do work on a shift basis - our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Typically, you would usually work a four shift system; early, late, twilight and nights. You would need total flexibility for this role.

As a Senior Healthcare Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for our patients and residents. You will be entrusted with delivering personalised care to patients and performing a spectrum of clinical duties under the guidance of the team leader/nurse in charge. From assisting with personal hygiene and toileting to catheter and stoma care, your responsibilities will encompass a diverse range of essential tasks.

Embrace the opportunity to contribute to patient safety, conduct assessments, and carry out various clinical procedures.

You must have a willingness to undertake further training E.G. phlebotomy, ECG recording to support the team in the management of patients with acute medical conditions. In return you will be fully supported by colleagues who are committed to teaching and nurturing. We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource, and we are proud of the excellent levels of service our team provides to our service users and the dedication and professionalism of our staff.

Experience of working with acute patients in a hospital setting would be beneficial, and working well within a team is also essential.

About us

If you have always aspired to work in your local hospital caring for our patients and working alongside highly motivated teams, then you are going to love this role. We will invest such a lot in you and your development by supporting you, ensuring you stay up to date with all clinical competencies & from day one you will be supported to achieve further qualifications in healthcare if that's what you want to do, as well as meet the government standards for care within the NHS.

Our initial Care Certificate training is 3 weeks long & full time as there is so much to cram into the time, so you will need to ensure you can attend this, as you cannot start on the Wards without completion of the course.

You will make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

27 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year Per Annum/Pro Rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

438-PB4192

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preston/Chorley

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

One thing that we can promise you, is that no two days will ever be the same! We are also not going to shy away and say that this role will be easy; sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients.

Whilst personal care will form a large part of your role, you will also take samples from our patients for testing or dispatching, youll undertake clinical duties relevant to the area you are allocated, such as monitoring patients vital signs, accurately calculating Early Warning Scores, recognising signs of unwell Patients, and escalating in a timely manner.

Patient safety is in the essence of everything that we do here at the Trust, so maintaining a certain standard of care is so important.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient safety is in the essence of everything that we do here at the Trust, so maintaining a certain standard of care is so important.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Minimum of 12 months recent experience of working in a health or social care setting delivering care for people
Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Understanding of the role of a Senior Healthcare Assistant

Desirable

Minimum 6 months experience of working in an acute healthcare setting providing care to people

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Demonstrates strong numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to Functional skills Level 2, GCSE C or 4 or equivalent numeracy and literacy skills (which would be assessed at interview)
Care Certificate or must enrol onto the next available programme on commencement in post

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (must include practical work-based assessments and not an online only qualification) OR oLancashire Teaching Hospitals Level 2 internal training programme in care

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Minimum of 12 months recent experience of working in a health or social care setting delivering care for people
Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Understanding of the role of a Senior Healthcare Assistant

Desirable

Minimum 6 months experience of working in an acute healthcare setting providing care to people

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Demonstrates strong numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to Functional skills Level 2, GCSE C or 4 or equivalent numeracy and literacy skills (which would be assessed at interview)
Care Certificate or must enrol onto the next available programme on commencement in post

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (must include practical work-based assessments and not an online only qualification) OR oLancashire Teaching Hospitals Level 2 internal training programme in care

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preston/Chorley

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Preston/Chorley

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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