Health Care Assistant - Acute Medical Unit
Health Care Assistant - Acute Medical Unit
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our Acute Medical Unit (Ward 7) as a Health Care Assistant.
As a Health Care Assistant you will assist the health care practitioner to carry out routine health related activities and complete personal care and activities of daily living ensuring patient led focused care.
You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, and venepuncture.
You will provide a positive enthusiastic attitude, delivering high quality care with excellent interpersonal skills.
Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.
As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.
To assist the team in preparing the Unit environment for patient care delivery.
To complete delegated tasks such as undertaking and recording vital signs, ECG, venepuncture, Blood glucose levels, swabs etc.
To ensure own actions help to maintain quality and infection control standards.
Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and cares and the multidisciplinary team to be able to provide information to others to help their development.
Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.
Assist in maintaining and developing services.
Assist in planning, delivering and evaluating programmes to meet people's health and wellbeing needs.
Assist in the use of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and were always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
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