Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Ward Assistant - The Vale

The closing date is 28 September 2025

Job summary

As aWard Assistant, youwill be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Facilities teams providing support to ward care, the catering team and the housekeeping team.

You will need to be:

Caring and kind
Cheerful and friendly
Able to follow instructions
Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
Have good listening and communication skills

Main duties of the job

Contributing to the cleanliness of the ward
- making beds
- tidying rooms
- re-stocking supplies
Assisting with food and drink preparation
- refilling water jugs
- setting tables
- clearing plates and cutlery
Recreational support
- providing encouragement for patients
- taking patients out to the garden
- helping patients settle in
Administration
- Answer the door for visitors
- Showing visitors to the right room to see a patient
- Answering the telephone

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

18 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-25-786

Job locations

Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

Lister Road

Dursley

GL11 4BA

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.

You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience of being customer or patient facing
Flexible and adaptable
work as part of a team and independently

Desirable

Evidence of commitment to training and learning

Knowledge

Desirable

Knowledge of infection control

Qualifications

Essential

Basic level of education
NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning or equivalent qualification or experience (or willing to undertake)

Desirable

Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (or willing to undertake)

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience of being customer or patient facing
Flexible and adaptable
work as part of a team and independently

Desirable

Evidence of commitment to training and learning

Knowledge

Desirable

Knowledge of infection control

Qualifications

Essential

Basic level of education
NVQ Level 2 in Cleaning or equivalent qualification or experience (or willing to undertake)

Desirable

Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (or willing to undertake)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

Lister Road

Dursley

GL11 4BA

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital

Lister Road

Dursley

GL11 4BA

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)