Job overview
A position has become available for a full time Band 3 Healthcare Assistant on Ward 38. Ward 38 is a busy 28 bedded mixed sex Cardiothoracic Ward. Ward 38 provides high quality care for patients having Cardiac and Thoracic surgery, we care for patients who have stepped down from CITU, CCU, A & E, and also elective admissions. This position is a shift working role, internal rotation of shifts is ongoing, you will be expected to work weekends, bank holidays, late finishes.
The successful candidates will be supported by both our nursing and medical team and essential training for the role will be provided.
You must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and be enthusiastic and passionate about the delivery of high-quality care. As a health care assistant within the team, your role will be assisting our patients with everyday tasks which involve maintaining a good oral intake, assisting with personal hygiene, and escorting patients to various procedures whilst also assisting both our medical and nursing teams to deliver treatment. In addition to providing essential nursing care, there will be a range of clinical skills you are expected to acquire to fulfil the role requirements, such as undertaking clinical observations and venepuncture (taking blood samples). All necessary training for acquiring these skills will be provided by the Trust.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality timely patient care to all patients, linking in with MDT colleagues.
Theatre prep, transport patient to investigations, personal care, assist with nutrition and hydration, assisting to provide safe environment and monitoring of high risk patients.
You need to have excellent communication skills, as our patients are often complex and require you to be patient and understanding. You will be required to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patient needs are identified and communicated effectively so that safe decisions are made around patient care.
You will be expected to maintain high standards of nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and be personally responsible for your actions following the Trust’s Policies and Procedures. You will be required to support the safe admission, transfer and discharges of patients and be pro-active in the timely support provided to patients at all times.
You will be expected to maintain accurate written and/or electronic records ensuring all legal requirements are met.
You will be encouraged and supported to gain new skills and to be actively involved in change improvement and being a champion for an area of care that you feel interested in. You should also be committed to and have evidence of continuing professional development.
You will need to be prepared to work flexibly to the needs of the service.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applicants apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the Job Description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description.
Please also read the attached Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant criteria for the post.
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
- Knowledge and/or experience of care and related procedures.
- Experience with manual handling of patients, using moving aids
- Experience of completing patient care records
Desirable
- Experience and involvement of an improvement project/s
- Experience of holding an area of responsibility relating to training/audit
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Caring, Adaptable to the changing needs of the service, Self-motivated, Enthusiastic, Approachable, Diplomatic, Innovative, Flexible, Responsible and accountable
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Care certificate is essential or be willing to work towards completing on successful appointment to the post.
Desirable
- IT qualification
Skills, ability and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and/or experience of personal care and related procedures
- Able to accurately update patient records for care delivered including changes to patient condition.
- Ability to communicate factual information clearly and effectively with tact and empathy overcoming barriers to communication such as physical impairments or mental health/learning disabilities
- Ability to carry out routine duties acting on own initiative with limited supervision.
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative with access to supervision.
- Understands confidentiality
- Ability to follow Trust policy's relevant to the role.
- Be able to participate in audits that are relevant to the role.
- Ability to use IT skills proficiently on using relevant IT systems.
- Ability to deliver (with appropriate training and competency assessment) a range of clinical/technical skills and care duties such as (but not limited to): clinical observations, blood glucose monitoring, ECG’s, simple wound dressings.
- Able to supervise others e.g. T- level students, new B3 HCA’s, Band 2 HCA’s
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This advert is for Healthcare Assistant with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in BTH. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 Per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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