Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7124588
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,169 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Health Care Assistant - Paediatrics
Band 2
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
FULL TIME POST - 37.5 HOURS A WEEK
Are you ready for a new challenge? Want a career change? Well this could be the opportunity that you have been waiting for!
We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Health Care Assistant (HCA) to work within the Treehouse Children's Unit at Stepping Hill Hospital.
The successful candidate can look forward to working within a friendly supportive environment with training and development provided.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual with strong communication skills, a confident user of IT systems with a keen eye for detail. You will also be involved in helping to provide play activities, required to assist the nursing staff with distraction techniques and support the escorting of children to other departments.
Duties will also include general housekeeping tasks to help the ward run efficiently. At times, you may also be required to support the teams on the co-located out patient area.
To enhance your development you will be required to complete the in-house care certificate training course within 3 months of taking up the post and will be supported to complete a number of additional clinical competencies relevant to the role.
We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming the successful applicant to our friendly and dedicated team.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about this position please see attached job description and person specification or get in touch.
Please note this advert may close early due to large applicant numbers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory level of written English
Desirable criteria
- NVQ2 or equivilant qualification in care or simliar subject
- Care Certificate
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of responsibility regarding confidentiality
- Understanding of continuing development and need to keep expanding knowledge
- Understanding of health & safety
- Understanding of caring
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience with children
- Previous experience of a caring role
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Able to organise self & deliver tasks effectively
- Evidence of previous team working
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of IT/computer skills
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Whitehouse
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 2107
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