Senior Healthcare Assistant (Children's)

Job summary

Closing Date: 01.05.2026

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 02.05.2026

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 11.05.2026

Due to current Home Office Guidelines, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

Are you a passionate and dedicated healthcare assistant looking for a new adventure? Do you want to be part of our growing team at an exciting time? We are recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Children's Services went through a transformational change with the merging of nursing teams across the Paediatric Emergency Department and the Children and Young People's Unit. The successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to work across all areas with your preferred area being your main place of work.

Main duties of the job

Children's Emergency Department (ED)

Children's ED is a busy department who currently see large volumes of children every year in an area specifically dedicated to children. Children who are attending with urgent care complaints are streamed straight to this area.

Children's Clinical Decision Area (CCDA) and Short Stay

The Children's Decision Area sees children referred from GPs, children with direct access and children sent from ED requiring a further assessment. The short stay area is for children who require a prolonged period of observation but who are unlikely to need a full admission to hospital.

Ward 30 (Children's Inpatient Unit)

Ward 30 is a Children's Inpatient Unit that was purpose built in 2016. The unit includes 35 inpatient beds, a two-bedded stabilisation area. The ward has an adolescent room, school room, play room, and an accessible bathroom. Each bed space also has state of the art bedside monitoring.

A team of clinical skills educators will be on hand with a supportive and robust training package, including:

• Obtaining physiological observations
• Meeting the care needs of children
• Venepuncture & cannulation
• ECG monitoring
• Bladder scanning
• Blood glucose & ketone monitoring
• Urinalysis
• Care of a child with a tracheostomy
• Caring for children requiring long term ventilation

About us

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff and offer full time and part time (minimum of 23 hours) roles, this includes nights and weekends (shifts are 11.5 hours).

Benefits to you

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends and Bank Hoidays
• Career development & training
• An extensive education programme including a bespoke package and portfolio delivered by ward based Paediatric Clinical Skills Educator

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.