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Band 2 Healthcare Assistant

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Birmingham, B13 8JLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£25,272

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

11 November 2026

14 days left

Job description

Please note, this post may close earlier than the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Do you want to: - Be an integral member...

Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation Division , within Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, delivers a range of specialist services to older adults. We are currently recruiting dedicated and motivated healthcare assistants to West Heath Hospital and Moseley Hall Hospital, Individuals will be expected to deliver and maintain a high standard of clinical care and to assist in the delivery of all aspects of individualized personal care.

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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands

Qualifications

Essential: - Essential Skills - literacy and numeracy

Desirable: - NVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience; - Evidence of vocational or other training relevant to role

Experience

Essential: - Relevant experience of caring for older adults in home/hospital/ care home setting; - Experience of working with vulnerable people

Skills and Knowledge

Essential: - Cleanliness and Infection control; - Privacy, Dignity and Respect; - Confidentiality; - Understanding of Caring for vulnerable people

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Positive attitude
  • Demonstrates empathy and understanding to needs of older people
  • Aptitude for learning and development
  • Able to contribute to and work as part of a team
  • Motivated to help others and participate in all care activities subject to training and competency

Other Job Requirements

Essential

  • Flexible and willing to work across wards/sites according to service need
  • Willing to work shifts across seven days and rotate between day and night duty (subject to flexible working arrangements)

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

28 October 2026

Last checked

28 October 2026

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About the employer

BCH
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

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