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Job overview

For Band 2 vacancies: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 Healthcare Assistant roles as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.  

As a Health Care Assistant here at East Cheshire NHS Trust, you will be working alongside teams of professionals to ensure our patients receive the best possible care and the most positive outcome. You will be the patient advocate, ensuring they are comfortable, supported, well looked after and most importantly listened to. Our Health Care Assistants provide hands-on care, empathy, and encouragement to enable a more comfortable stay and support recovery.

We currently have full and part-time permanent vacancies across our various clinical specialties.

If you would like to become part of our HCA team we welcome you to submit an application form and we will contact you regarding an interview.

Full and part time hours available.

Main duties of the job

What we can offer you:

• Flexible working opportunities with various rotational shifts including early (7:00-15:00), late (13:00-20:00), long day (7:00-20:00) and night shifts (19:30-7:30)
• Upon commencement, you will be provided with clinical training and supported to complete the Care Certificate within the first three months of employment
• Annual Leave of 28 days plus bank holidays (increasing upon 5 and 10 years’ service)
• Optional enrolment into the NHS Pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support including access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Career progression opportunities including apprenticeships
• Salary sacrifice schemes including car lease and cycle to work
• Recognition for your hard work through our employee and team of the month programme
• Access to thousands of money saving offers via NHS discounts
• You will automatically be opted-in to work on the bank
  on a zero hours contract

Main duties of the job

• Providing patients with food and drink and assisting where needed
• Escorting and assisting patients in visiting the toilet, washing and getting dressed
• Supporting wound and skin management
• Recording and documenting patient observations e.g. temperature
• Recognising signs of deterioration and progression through observation and conversation and escalating any such matters promptly.
• Liaising with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, porters and social workers
• Supporting the routine of the ward including responding to visitor and patient needs

Working for our organisation

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.eastcheshirehrdirect.nhs.uk .

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.