Job vacancy: Healthcare Assistant - Bank, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Crewe

Job summary

Main area: Bank
Grade: Band 2
Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - 0 hours per week
Job ref: 412-TRUSTHCA-AUG24

Employer: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: MCHT, Leighton Hospital
Town: Crewe
Salary: £22,383 pro-rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/07/2024 23:59

Healthcare Assistant - Bank

Band 2

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Description
Healthcare Assistants carry out a wide range of care duties directly with the patient, and their relatives/carers.

These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner (such as a Nurse) and can include the following tasks:

Maintaining dignity whilst helping patients to wash or shower
Serving food and, if necessary, helping to feed patients
Making and changing beds
Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure damage
Talking with patients to help them feel less lonely or anxious
Helping patients with mobility problems and assisting patients to rehabilitate to their discharge destination
Giving out and collecting bedpans and assisting with the toileting needs of our patients

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

previous professional health care experience (ie care home etc)
previous care experience (family/friends etc)

Desirable criteria

previous NHS experience

Values

Essential criteria

demonstrates friendly and caring personality
demonstrates desire to help people

Job Requirements

Essential criteria

demonstrates ability to work on own initiative
demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
demonstrates ability to work shifts

Essential

Essential criteria

Willingness to achieve the Care Certificate

Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees have the right to work in the UK.

If you intend to seek permission to work in the UK via a Skilled Worker visa, please be aware that the UK Government set requirements that must be met (such as a minimum salary requirement and being skilled to a certain level). Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship for Skilled Worker visas.

We recommend that you use the information on the Home Office website to check if this role will be eligible.

Key Messages

• Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.

• We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.

• All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.

• Recruitment is based on the Trust's values and behaviours and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.

• Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

• Appointments are subject to a 6 month probationary period.

• LED Doctors are subject to a 3 month probationary period.

• Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.

• You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done through installment from your payroll.

• We do not reimburse any travel to interview expenses.

• Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. It is your responsibility to assess the potential impact that the post may have on your NHS Pension arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions

• International applicants can find guidance here: https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/work-us/international-candidate-guidance

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Aimee Duffy
Job title: Recruitment Officer- Bank HCA's
Email address: [email protected]

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Job summary

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Healthcare Assistant - Bank

Band 2

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Values

Essential criteria

Job Requirements

Essential criteria

Essential

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact