Health Care Assistant

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity on the Major Trauma Unit which is renowned for delivering care excellence to its patients. We support you through a healthcare assistant induction and support you to complete the national Care Certificate.We are looking forward to meeting candidates with high levels of care and compassion and who demonstrate the values of team NUH.

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Main duties of the job

Are you interested in caring for people?

Nottingham University Hospitals are looking to employ motivated and conscientious people to join our friendly and dynamic multi professional teams caring for our patients and their loved ones.

Do you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and are able to work under pressure in what can sometimes be a challenging yet very rewarding environment?

Are you able to prioritise and manage your own workload whilst assisting the registered nurse with patient care to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the wards?

We are looking for highly motivated and committed staff to work at Nottingham University Hospitals as Healthcare Assistants (band 2) or Healthcare Assistant apprentices (Apprenticeship salary)across both The Nottingham City Hospital and The Queens Medical Centre.

Dependent on your previous experience, if successful at interview, you will then be invited to interview for either HCA apprentice or HCA post.

The apprenticeships are a great opportunity to develop key skills, knowledge and behaviours to develop your healthcare career and will be undertaken in partnership with Nottingham College to undertake either a Level 2 or Level 3 qualification.

If you wish to be considered specifically for either post, please state this within your application form.

Candidates successfully shortlisted will be invited to interview where you will be required to sit a numeracy and literacy test before offered an interview

About us

Since 1st April 2015, NUH has been complying with the National Care Certificate Standards. You will undertake a two-week skills academy and following that must successfully complete the Care Certificate within 12 weeks. Many of these standards will require assessment in the clinical area.

Whilst previous experience of caring for acutely ill patients would be advantageous, we are also interested in hearing from exceptional individuals without this experience. We want to hear from people with a special talent for caring and compassion, who would be able to go the extra mile to help our patients feel valued and cared for and at all times to treat them with dignity and respect.