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Band 2 HCA - HCOP
The closing date is 25 August 2025
Are you a compassionate, caring and considerate person? Are you looking for a sense of achievement in your job? Are you motivated by helping others? If so, then ward 11 and ward 15 at University Hospitals Birmingham want to hear from you and others like you
Our Team are united in bringing quality care to the people and communities within Birmingham and Solihull. To do this; we need like-minded people who want to work with us to deliver the very best care to our patients. The rest we can support you with
As a Trust we invest in our applicants by ensuring you have a full induction to the Trust, on-going training and development initially by completing the care certificate once completed you will be processed to a Band 3, if you have not already done so, that will allow you access to colleagues and our School of Nursing who will support and guide you in your career aspirations. The Healthcare Assistant role is the first step on a career ladder that could progress you to future career opportunities in nursing such as our well-established Trainee Nursing Associate programme. Our Team have told us what they need from their employer- and we've listened. If you are looking for hours to fit around your family, or maybe your lifestyle does not fit the traditional 5 out of 7 -- in most areas staff work 12.5 hour shifts 3 or 4 days a week, this can include days, nights and weekends, giving you more days off.
Main duties of the job
As a HCA, your workload will be varied and at times challenging -- however, being able to multi-task in an efficient manner whilst maintaining a caring and helpful attitude, will support everything you do - to make a difference to your team and the patients and relatives that rely on us to care for them. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills.
Within your role you will be asked to:
*Greet all patients and visitors to the department with courtesy and compassion.
*Observe and report to the registered nurse all changes in a patient's physical and psychological condition.
*Support families and carers following a patient bereavement or when bad news has been shared.
*Assist and as required provide patients with personal care- assisting them when in pain or distressed.
*Assist patients with feeding and drinking when necessary and maintaining patient notes.
With that, candidates will be required to have a good standard of Maths and English, GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent.
As part of the invaluable Team, you will be a reliable and committed candidate who will help ensure we are continually adhering to our Trust values of Kind Connected and Bold. We are confident we can offer you not just your next job but your next career.
In return you can expect a permanent contract with one of the NHS largest Trusts, NHS pension, along with other benefits such as overtime, shift allowance and access to the Blue light discount card.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* n/a
* Functional skills Level 2 English
* Language and Maths Qualification or
* GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and
* * Care Certificate or evidence or Training
* & Development associated with Health
* Care Support Worker role
* * Level 2/3 NVQ/ Diploma in Health
Experience
* Experience of working /
* participating as part of a team.
* * Evidence of ability to work using
* own initiative and under minimal
* supervision (
* * Ability to demonstrate an
* understanding of the role and tasks
* involved
* * Can articulate the reasons for
* training/ standards of practice and
* behaviour and how these may be
* demonstrated / relate to patient
* care and safety
* Minimum of 6 months experience in a
* care environment in the last 12 months
Additional Criteria
* and oral
* * Good time keeping
* * Ability to work with competing
* priorities
* * Flexible approach to shift patterns
* and place of work this may include
* upon service need
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 name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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