Healthcare Assistant - Outpatient Fracture Clinic

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the orthopaedic, fracture & plastics clinic, for a Health Care Assistant to join our well established multidisciplinary team.

We constantly aim to provide a high standard of care, to a wide range of clients. You would therefore need to be motivated and focused, possess good communication skills, an ability to provide excellent care in a fast paced setting and basic IT skills.

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th of April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS (or have less than 2 years NHS experience at Band 3) your starting salary would be £24,625 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a team player, who is enthusiastic about their work, with a willingness to learn new skills.

You will support on a variety of clinics including face to face & virtual fracture clinics, elective orthopaedics, spinal and plastics clinics.

You will support patients with their journey through the department, and support the clinical staff to ensure their clinics run smoothly and efficiently. The role of the band 3 in clinic is both clinically patient focused and administrative in its nature.

We can offer you relevant training and development opportunities and the opportunity to develop care skills working within a multidisciplinary framework.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.