# Healthcare Assistant - Ward C14A

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

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-ward-c14a/b2fc6780-4cc2-44a1-881e-480014f26e87
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthcare-assistant-ward-c14a/b2fc6780-4cc2-44a1-881e-480014f26e87.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Blackburn
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £24,465 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T08:30:43.071Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Across_East_Lancashire_Sites/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Surgical_Anaesthetics_Services/Surgical_Anaesthetics_Services-v8069712
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8069712?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on C14A. The role of the HCA is to assist in maintaining the highest possible standard of care under the supervision of a Registered nurse. To maintain a tidy and welcoming environment for patients and relatives. The staff will be involved with many members of the MDT.

### Main duties of the job

The ward is a busy, modern unit with a professional but friendly team delivering high standards of care. We are looking for a highly enthusiastic, motivated and committed support worker to deliver high quality holistic nursing care to patients and to join our forward thinking and ever developing team. You should have good communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work effectively as part of the team and deal with complex sensitive information in a professional manner.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered nurse including: assisting patients with personal hygiene, toileting, use of continence aids, catheter care, measuring patient output, support patients nutritional and hydration needs, moving and handling, use of mobility appliances, correct patient positioning, ensuring patient safety, taking specimens and observing patients for changes in condition.

To support the productive operation of the ward environment by undertaking a range of non-clinical activities which contribute to the maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive experience in a caring role (usually 12 months), or Step Into ELHT (via bank initially) or Level 2 Health and Social Care qualification and completion of First Steps programme
- Basic computer skills

**Desirable**

- Performing HCA Band 2 role to good level with testimony from Ward/Team manager

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Basic numeracy and literacy skills
- Willing to undertake further training

**Desirable**

- Successful completion of the Care Certificate
- Successful completion of Higher HCA role

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to understand and comply with procedures
- Clear communicator with effective listening skills

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [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)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10361030)

## Agent Notes

- This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page.
- Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.
- Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.