# Healthcare Assistant - Acute Floor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum / pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Part-time hours also considered
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time hours available)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-07T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T15:41:01.884Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Healthcare_Assistant/Healthcare_Assistant-v8334440
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8334440?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

**This role is not eligible for sponsorship, please do not submit an application if you require this.**

This position is based on the Acute Medical floor at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the post will be based on AAU or AMU .

We are looking for caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join our team. You will have good communication skills and a caring nature, with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. In return we can offer you a robust training programme (a 2 week academy Healthcare programme prior to starting in the department if new to the role), as well as further training and education to progress your career with us.

PLEASE NOTE- there is very limited availability in flexible working- particularly nights.

### Main duties of the job

- This role supports registered nurses in providing safe and caring support to patients.
- It involves helping patients with everyday needs such as washing, eating, drinking and moving safely.
- You will check and record basic health information and report any concerns to a nurse.
- The job includes keeping the ward clean, tidy and well-organised, and helping with basic admin tasks.
- You will work flexibly across different wards and follow all training, policies and safety rules.
- Good communication, kindness and respect for patients and their individual needs are essential.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached document entitles "Candidate Job Pack"

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Can demonstrate an understanding, through personal statement and interview, of what is required within the role of a Health Care Assistant in the care setting
- Can describe the Trust Values and demonstrate how they put these in to practice within their caring role
- Experience of care either formal or informal e.g. for a family/friend

**Desirable**

- Previous hospital experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE in Maths and English grade 9-4 ( A – C) Functional Skills L1 or higher 2

**Desirable**

- Level 2 Diploma in Health Care support
- NVQ Level 2 in Care or demonstrate a commitment to work towards

## Documents

- [candidate job pack (pdf, 619.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657825)
- [ai use in recruitment (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2345)
- [relocating to shropshire? (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2313)
- [mec behaviour framework - to be added to all mec vacancies (pdf, 2.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2405)

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