# Nursing Assistant - Emergency Department

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** West Suffolk Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursing assistant
- **Grade:** Band 2, Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,272 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (07.45 - 20.00, 10.00 - 22.00, 12.00 - 12.00 and nights)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09T13:16:36.189Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Emergency_Department/Emergency_Department-v8356904
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8356904?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
- Empathetic and compassionate
- Professional outlook and positive attitude
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties

### Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Effective use of electronic solutions to support the delivery of patient care
- Able to carry out well defined routine tasks
- Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner
- Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors/ Colleagues/the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff

### Experience and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact
- Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Ability to work alone or in small team

**Desirable**

- Experience of working within a health care environment.
- To demonstrate a range of procedures and practices, base level of theoretical knowledge
- Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns
- Ability to work in a multi-agency team

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- Holds National Care Certificate or be willing to undertake and complete within 12 weeks of starting

**Desirable**

- National Care Certificate holder
- Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent
- Previous experience of being a Health Care Support Worker

## Documents

- [job description and personal specification (pdf, 325.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682986)

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