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Senior Healthcare Assistant Apprentice

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Salary
£14,722 Per annum. Pro Rata
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Deadline
28 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Apprenticeship: 12 months
Posted Date
03 Jul 2025

Job overview

We’re delighted to launch our brand-new Senior Healthcare Assistant Apprentice role and we cannot wait to help you change your future. We are looking for those of you who are: •    kind & compassionate •    love interacting with people •    want to provide care •    good at communicating  •    great team players We want you to join us and grow/develop to become whatever you want to be – we’ll be right by your side supporting you every step of the way. Your first few weeks will be classroom based whilst you learn all the primary skills needed to do the role and you’ll achieve our bespoke Care Certificate which is embedded into this apprenticeship.  We’ll provide all the training needed so when you step out onto the ward/area you are going to work on, you can be confident in your abilities and ability to contribute straight away in the workplace. Its important we recruit people with the right personal skills & attributes, so our interviews and assessments will be really practically focused, less about interview questions and more about giving you the chance to show us your potential, what you could bring to the role and your willingness to learn. ***Please Note***

As this is an apprenticeship, we can only accept applicants who have had residence within the UK for 3 years or more. Due to funding rules, we can only offer positions for this apprenticeship to candidates who are brand new to care, so must not have any prior experience or qualifications within healthcare.

Main duties of the job

Being a Senior Healthcare Assistant is a wonderful & really valued role. You will be support the delivery of a range of personal care duties for patients and a will learn to complete a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of registered healthcare professionals including: assisting patients with personal hygiene, toileting, use of continence aids, catheter care, stoma care, measuring & monitoring  patient output, removal of catheters, moving and handling, use of mobility  appliances,  correct patient positioning, assess pressure areas and skin integrity, ensuring patient safety, taking specimens  including blood sugars, taking and recording physical measurements observing patients for changes in condition, carrying out simple dressings, removal of venflons.

Sometimes the role will be tough, you may see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients, be busy and deliver some very direct personal care.  We don’t want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isn’t for everyone, however, for the right people, providing all kinds of support to our patients to meet their needs will be what makes you thrive.  We do help train you all to deal with all aspects of the role and also offer pastoral support to everyone.

Want to drop in for more information with Jane & Michelle: 11th July 2025 11 am – 1 pm LIFE Centre, Chorley Hospital 18th July 2025 11 am – 1 pm Education Centre 1, Royal Preston Hospital

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Assist the provision of good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
  • Present a positive image of self, team and the organisation
  • Update patient records in a timely and accurate manner
  • Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.
  • Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
  • Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
  • Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
  • Communicate all relevant information to the Registered Nurses in a professional and timely way.
  • Maintain and develop own competence
  • Assist with resolving issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager. We know our application form can seem onerous, but its so important we have as much information about you as possible to help us decide who to invite to interview. Our application video can help you understand how to complete it: APPLICATION VIDEO LINK. We also have a brand new live application and recruitment support session which will be taking place on the 25th June at 12 noon and on the 27th June at 10am. To book a place on one of these courses and receive support with completing your application form, please follow this link: Live Application and Recruitment Support