Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal Qualities
Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
- Personal Qualities
Empathetic and compassionate
- Personal Qualities
Professional outlook and positive attitude
- Personal Qualities
Flexible approach to working hours and duties
- Skills and Abilities
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Skills and Abilities
Effective use of electronic solutions to support the delivery of patient care
- Skills and Abilities
Able to carry out well defined routine tasks
- Skills and Abilities
Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner
- Skills and Abilities
Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors/ Colleagues/the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to work alone or in small team
- Education and Qualifications
Holds National Care Certificate or be willing to undertake and complete within 12 weeks of starting
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of working within a health care environment.
- Experience and Knowledge
To demonstrate a range of procedures and practices, base level of theoretical knowledge
- Experience and Knowledge
Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns
- Experience and Knowledge
Ability to work in a multi-agency team
- Education and Qualifications
National Care Certificate holder
- Education and Qualifications
Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent
- Education and Qualifications
Previous experience of being a Health Care Support Worker
Job overview
- Working under the direction of a registered healthcare professional, participate in the personal care of patients and prioritising workload appropriately and developing competencies that safeguard practice and effectiveness in role.
- The Healthcare Support Worker -Care Maker will undertake high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties under the direction and supervision of the registered professional and working as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
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Main duties of the job
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description. The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description.
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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.
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This advert is for Nursing Assistant - Emergency Department with West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Bury St Edmunds, England. It is listed as a Band 2, Band 3 Nursing assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,272 - £27,476 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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