Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 28 May 2025

Job summary

We are currently recruiting an experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistant 37.5hours a week to be part of our team at Pershore Community Hospital, which has an inpatient ward with 26 beds. The candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to achieve specific rehabilitation goals. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills.

Pershore Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to peoples homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Main duties of the job

Ensure effective delivery of care is provided to patients and that an acceptable standard is maintained

Participate in personal and practice development activities to maintain standards of care.

Provide clerical support to the ward including filing of notes and ward documentation, arranging transport, preparing requisitions for ordering stationery and supplies.

To carry out assigned patient care duties as directed by registered health professional without direct supervision. Examples of these (but not conclusive list) may be measuring height, weight, taking temperature, pulse, respirations, sa02, manual and electronic BP, Urinalysis, assisting with feeding.

Perform area specific clinical competencies in line with core standards as delegated by a Registered Practitioner understanding the purpose of, and effectively using protocols to support patient assessment, treatment, and evaluation within specified limitations.

Assess patients using clinical skills and being aware of mental health in a variety of settings inpatient, community, physical health, learning disabilities or neurodiversity.

Undertake a limited range of delegated clinical care duties relevant to the area; -e.g. observing patients for signs of agitation or distress and other patient observations.

Recognise urgent or emergency situations within the environment and summon appropriate help along with an ability to support the multi-disciplinary team understanding their role at these times.

About us

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
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
Flexible and agile working opportunities
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
Wide range of supportive staff networks
Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-1412

Job locations

Pershore Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

Worcestershire

WR10 1PS

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Provide safe and effective practice to patients within the Community Hospital.

Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing Team to support and work in partnership with the larger multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care within a defined ward/department.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Provide safe and effective practice to patients within the Community Hospital.

Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing Team to support and work in partnership with the larger multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care within a defined ward/department.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment.
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.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Punctuality
You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

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
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.
Ability to follow instructions and feedback to senior staff.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Able to provide supervision i.e. for HCA or T level students.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations and relevant legislation.
Basic IT skills.
Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA and MCA issues.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a care environment

Desirable

Nursing experience within the NHS / Hospital Setting
Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment.
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.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Punctuality
You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

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
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.
Ability to follow instructions and feedback to senior staff.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Able to provide supervision i.e. for HCA or T level students.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations and relevant legislation.
Basic IT skills.
Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA and MCA issues.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a care environment

Desirable

Nursing experience within the NHS / Hospital Setting
Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids

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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Pershore Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

Worcestershire

WR10 1PS

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Pershore Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

Worcestershire

WR10 1PS

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)