Healthcare Assistant - Ward 21b - 36 HOURS | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistants carry out a wide range of care duties directly with the patient, and their relatives/carers.

You do not need experience but you must have qualities and skills which make you suited to caring for people in a rewarding yet challenging environment.

You must be able to work some weekends, nights and bank holidays. Most shifts are 12 hours and are usually 7:30am – 8pm, and 7:30pm to 8am.

We offer good opportunities for progression to both Nursing Associate and Nursing role, as well as a great pension, generous annual leave and other employee benefits.

These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:
• Helping patients to wash or shower and dress.
• Serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat.
• Making and changing beds.
• Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores.
• Talking with patients to help them feel less lonely or anxious.
• Helping patients with mobility problems to move around.
• Giving out and collecting bedpans.
• Helping patients to the toilet.

It’s really important to consider that some aspects of healthcare work can be challenging. You will be expected to help patients with personal care and deal with highly emotive circumstances. You will need to be able to communicate sympathetically with patients, and distressed relatives, and care for patients who are very sick.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children\’s health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

Healthcare work is very rewarding. You are making a positive difference to the lives of others when they are at their most vulnerable. Other benefits include:
• We will recognise your previous qualifications and experience within your starting salary.
• You’ll have access to high quality training and national qualifications e.g. the care certificate.
• All Healthcare Assistants receive generous shift pay enhancements for nights, weekends and bank holidays which significantly increases basic pay rates.
• Holiday pay starts at 27 days\’ annual leave per year (increasing to 33 after 10 years), plus bank holidays.
• You will have access to a gold standard pension scheme.
• You will have access to NHS discounts across hundreds of shops, restaurants & services (Morrisons, Nando\’s etc.)
• Excellent career development opportunities are available e.g. access to Nurse training and apprenticeships.
• Paid leave when you’re sick after the first 6 months at work and access to all occupational health services (fast track physio referral scheme, counselling services etc)
• Generous occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay.

Job Description
• Participate in the delivery of patient care, following agreed plans, policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines, carrying out tasks and activities relevant for the job role/place of work.

• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met

• Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation

• Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards

• Provide escort and transfer for patients with low dependency as directed by the multidisciplinary team

• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations

• Provide routine information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained

• Contribute to the recording and storing of information, ensuring it is securely held, accurate, complete and legible and can be retrieved promptly when required

• Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory

• Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information

• Contribute to the effective management of risk, by accurate recording and reporting and correct maintenance of records and documentation

• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines, alerting senior staff if practice of self and others appear to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care

• Contribute to the development of services from the patients perspective, making suggestions for change and improvements, including taking part in patient and public involvement activities

• Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources by ensuring that supplies are available, alerting senior staff when supplies are short, and by making suggestions to reduce waste

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr