Employer Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2025 18:00
Band 3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to work as a Health Care Assistant in our evolving Medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) are has become available.
Chesterfield's Medical SDEC has recently relocated within the Trust to a new and renovated area. You will be working with a great team who are dedicated to the patients who attend the unit.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist qualified nursing staff with the provision of individualised nursing care. You will support the nursing team in the achievement of ward objectives and provide support to relatives/carers.
Please see the attached job description & person specification for a more detailed overview of this position
Working for our organisation
The Health Care Assistant in SDEC is a vital role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trust’s priorities and ambitions - and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for further details about this exciting job.
Person specification
Qualifications & training
* • Grade 4/GCSE D or above (or equivalent) in Maths & English
* • QCF level 2 Clinical Healthcare Support or willing to work towards and complete within 12 months or relevant experience
* • Care Certificate (or willing to work towards)
* • Health Related Training, First Aid, Moving & Handling, Food Handling
Experience
* • Understands the need for confidentiality
* • Understands & committed to a caring approach to patients, relatives/carers
* • Experience or working in an acute medical setting for above 1 year
* • Experience working in a surgical/Medicine/emergency care setting.
* • Experience in a NHS/health care setting.
Skills & knowledge
* • Able to demonstrate a caring approach to patients & relatives & works so that patients’ dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
* • Able to communicate routine information including observations effectively verbally & written to staff, patients/relatives.
* • Able to prioritise own workload.
* • Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
* • Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
* • Competent in venepuncture and cannulation
* • Basic nursing skills
* • Basic understanding of nursing practice & code of conduct
* • The 6C’S
Personal attributes
* • Able to work & cope with rotating shift patterns (early, late, over 7 days of the week
* • Able to move (manual handling) patients & equipment e.g., commodes, wheelchairs etc.
* • Able to deal with exposure to bereavement & ‘difficult’ patients & relatives
* • Professional appearance/approach to work
* • Adaptable to meet service needs
Demonstrates trust values
* Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment – Proud to CARE
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rebecca Georgiou-Hassall Job title Lead speciality nurse Email address rebecca.georgiou-hassall@nhs.net Telephone number 01246 512373
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