Healthcare Assistant

Job overview

Working Part time : 33 hours per week

An exciting opportunity to join our Team on the Children's Unit as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant has arisen.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard working and friendly new Team member.

Main duties of the job

The post involves assisting the nursing staff in the delivery of care to children and their families in the hospital setting. We would expect you to accurately record, collate, monitor and provide feedback of patient information to nursing staff, initiating actions as necessary. You would be expected to help look after both surgical and medical patients.

The post holder must have excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, work as part of a team, be empathetic and able to develop practical skills. It is essential to have a holistic view to patient care.

The successful applicant must have NVQ III or equivalent, or currently working towards this, previous experience of working in a caring background, is able to demonstrate good communication and organisational skills, plus the ability to work as part of a team.

Disclosure and Barring check essential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.