Healthcare Assistant
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Evesham, WR11 1JT
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
7 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
Are you looking for a new challenge, working in a fast-paced environment? If so, this could be the role for you! Being responsible for providing an ef...
The post holder is part of a multidisciplinary team
delivering care to patients. Support and supervision is provided by a
Registered Nurse. This role will be expected to carry out a range of patient
care tasks and duties to enable the team to provide an effective and efficient
service.
To achieve this the post holder will be expected to:
Competently
perform the necessary aspects of care for patients.
Ensure effective
delivery of care is provided to patients and that an acceptable standard is
maintained.
Follow all
policies and provide a safe and person-centred environment for patients.
Participate in personal and practice
development activities to maintain standards of care.
For full
details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job
description and person specification attached.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
-
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a care environment.
Desirable
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in
- Trust.
- Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to provide limited delegated clinical duties to patients e.g. patient observations.
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role model good behaviour.
- Ability to communicate clearly in English in both verbal and written forms.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Treat patients with dignity and respect.
- Be able to take an active role to be a link person for specific tasks i.e. IPC and to carry out audits, meetings, feedback to the team as required.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to follow instructions and feedback to senior staff.
- Ability to work a part of a team as well as on own initiative.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to provide supervision i.e. for HCA or T level students.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations, and relevant legislation.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.
- Basic IT skills.
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA and MCA issues.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of areas relating to role setting (i.e. Mental Health, Learning Disability, Autism, Epilepsy).
- Knowledge of relevant Acts relating to the role (i.e. Care Act, Children Act).
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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