Health Care Assistant - Inpatient

Job summary

Are you a caring, compassionate and dedicated individual who wants to make a real difference to people's lives?

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our friendly and supportive teams at Melton Mowbray Hospital AND at Rutland Memorial Hospital.

These are exciting opportunities to work within a physical healthcare setting, supporting patients who require sub-acute care, palliative care and complex rehabilitation. Every day brings the chance to help people recover, maintain their independence and receive the highest standard of compassionate care. What You'll Do Working alongside experienced registered nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll provide essential hands-on care and support to our patients, ensuring their dignity, comfort and wellbeing are at the heart of everything you do.

We're looking for people who are:

• Kind, caring and compassionate
• Reliable and committed to delivering excellent care
• Team players who enjoy supporting others Passionate about making a positive impact on patients and their families Experienced in health and/or social care
• Flexible with Rota Shift patterns

Please note this is a 24-hour, 7-day service and the role includes a mixture of: Long days: 7:00am to 7:30pm Nights: 7:00pm to 7:30am Weekend and bank holiday working

For an informal discussion, please contact: Abiola Saka abiola.saka2@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

• Healthcare Assistants support registered practitioners to deliver high quality compassionate health care to people.
• The principal role of the Healthcare Assistant is to assist the multidisciplinary team in the provision and delivery of patient care in line with an individuals care plan under close but not direct supervision of registered practitioners.
• The Health Care Assistant is responsible for providing personal and clinical care, undertaking clinical observations and other clinical and therapeutic interventions as delegated by the registered practitioner and in accordance with existing competencies.
• Healthcare Assistants provide care, support and monitor the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals in their care.
• The Health Care Assistant will ensure that their practice is guided by standard operating procedures and established policies and guidelines.
• They will demonstrate self-directed development, recognising own limitations, and work within the scope of their role always.
• The Health Care Assistant will act in a manner that upholds privacy, dignity, respect and confidentiality for patients and colleagues. Healthcare support workers may supervise or guide other staff in their team.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

• Date posted: 14 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 3
• Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 007618
• Job locations: Melton Mowbray Hospital, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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