Job overview
Career Change? Returning to Work? Join Our Healthcare Team!
Are you ready to make a new start in 2025? Are you seeking a fulfilling career that allows you to make a positive difference in people's lives? If so, consider joining our dedicated team of Healthcare Assistants!
As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll play a vital role in supporting our patients' well-being and recovery. Working alongside our nursing team, you'll be the primary point of contact for many of our patients, providing essential care and compassion.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Assisting with patient care, including feeding, dressing, and personal hygiene
2. Providing emotional support and companionship to patients
3. Collaborating with the nursing team to ensure optimal patient care
We're seeking compassionate individuals who possess:
4. A genuine passion for helping others
5. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
6. A compassionate and empathetic nature
7. A strong work ethic and reliability
If you're ready to embark on a rewarding career consider joining our Healthcare team. Your compassion and dedication will make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.
Main duties of the job
You’ll start your career with us by following a 5 day full-time and in-depth induction training programme, within the hospital, so you can hit the ground running and ensure our patients get the care they need and deserve.
Our fantastic colleagues can teach you the required skills if you share our Trust values, are ready to learn and:
8. You can demonstrate that you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
9. You are happy to carry out a variety of tasks (detailed below) - including personal hygiene care
10. You can work a variety of shifts - these include mornings (shifts could start from 7am), short days & long days (shifts are generally 10 - 12 hours long), evenings (till around 8pm) and nights (from around 7pm)
We consider both Part-Time and Full-Time applications, but you MUST be flexible and able to cover a variety of shifts as we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
You will receive your allocated area within the hospital at a later stage of the recruitment process. Please note, if you are looking to work in paediatrics, maternity, A&E or theatres then please apply to the relevant advert.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Educated to C Grade or Equivalent (Numeracy or Literacy)
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
12. Being able to communicate both verbally and in writing.
Experience
Desirable criteria
13. 1 Year in a Health Care setting as a Health Care Support Worker.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
14. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
15. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
16. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
17. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
18. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
19. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
20. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
21. Cycle to work scheme
22. Uniform provided (where required)
23. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
24. On site health and fitness club
25. On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
26. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.