# Health Care Assistant - Critical Care

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Critical care Royal Blackburn Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 Pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 32 hours per week (internal rotation days and nights)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T09:50:42.444Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackburn/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Health_Care_Assistant/Health_Care_Assistant-v8199822
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8199822?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Senior Health Care Assistant will be responsible for providing a range of personal care for patients and a range of clinical duties under the guidance of a registered healthcare professional.

Senior Health Care Assistant work independently performing a number of clinical duties/tasks following training and meeting competency within role as per policy and procedure.

### Main duties of the job

Main duties for the post include;

- Undertake duties such as making of beds, supporting with personal hygiene, toileting, correct patient positioning, assessing pressure areas and skin integrity.
- Be aware of the patient’s needs – emotional, social, physical and cultural.
- Work as part of the team in a co-operative, professional and constructive manner
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
- Manage and organise time and activities to support and meet the needs of individuals
- Assist with dietary needs of the patient as required
- Undertake a range of clinical competencies including venepuncture and cannulation following ANTT principles, physiological observations and record appropriately.
- Obtaining samples as requested such as wound swabs, eye swabs, urine specimens, MRSA swabs, stool samples and sputum specimens.
- Assist in blood collection
- Assist in maintaining a clean environment.
- Perform ECG recording, urinalysis, changing of simple wound dressings and capillary blood glucose monitoring, catheter care, removal of catheters , stoma care, measuring and monitoring patient outputs.
- Actively participate in and attend ward/unit meetings.
- Demonstrate good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act / Deprivation of Liberties and applies principles to everyday practice.
- Promote health and safety maintaining best practice in health, safety and security
- Adhere to legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines both local and national .

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Specification. Please don't hesitate to contact the band 7 team on critical care for any further information on 01254 732872.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong IT skills - knowledge of Office / Outlook
- Clear and friendly telephone manner
- Effective time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Ability to work to policies and procedures

**Desirable**

- Familiar with electronic patient record systems

### Personal

**Essential**

- Adaptable to the changing needs of the service with a willingness to learn new skills
- Flexible approach to work
- Problem solving approach
- Ability to be empathic in sometimes challenging or distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with the public
- Experience of working within a health / social care setting

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in an acute environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Healthcare qualification Level 3/4 or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Phlebotomy certification or equivalent

### Clinical Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to maintain accurate clinical notes

**Desirable**

- Ability to undertake wound care
- Ability to undertake ECGs
- Ability to undertake venepuncture
- Ability to undertake chaperoning

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [person specification (pdf, 121.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505535)
- [band 3 job description (pdf, 278.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10505534)
- [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405)
- [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494)

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