Health Care Assistant

Job overview

Are you ready for a new challenge?  Want a career change?  Well this could be the opportunity that you have been waiting for!

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are looking for health care workers who have an attitude based on strong nursing values and an overall commitment to provide patients and their families with care that is first and foremost based on a culture of compassion, professionalism and respect.

As a trust we provide excellent training and development opportunities in a friendly and supportive environment.

There are opportunities in a variety of different clinical environments, all permanent both full-time and part-time, and will involve rotation on to days and nights.

The post holder will be expected to work within our dedicated multi-disciplinary team and be fully involved in an individual’s care from admission to discharge, assisting with patient hygiene and dressing, feeding, maintaining dignity and respect, keeping the environment clean and tidy and keeping good documentation records on numerous topics including skin integrity & nutrition. In addition our health care workers are expected to support the registered staff nurses in meeting the required targets both at local and national level.

Interviews will be held on the 1st March 2025.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Worker you will be working under the direct supervision of registered health care professional and assist the healthcare team with personal care delivery of a defined group of patients & a range of clinical  duties/ tasks, always ensuring that actions taken are undertaken by the individual following appropriate training and within their sphere of competence.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work within the ward/department setting, providing high quality, caring, compassionate & personal care to patients & their families/carers. Work under the direction of the Registered Healthcare Professionals & senior colleagues, both independently & as part of the multi- disciplinary team. Under the direction of a Registered Health Care Professional ensure a high standard of service provision within ward/department, by practicing effective clinical and administrative preparation, effective communication and care delivery, prioritising workload appropriately & contributing to  service improvements. Participate in giving compassionate high quality personal care to patients prioritising appropriately & developing competencies that safeguard practice. Act always in a manner, which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity, equality, diversity & confidentiality.  Always exhibit a professional attitude behaviour & demonstrate excellent customer care skills. Contribute to effective team working by being fully involved, committed, & participating towards achieving own and others full potential.

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.