Healthcare Assistant
- NHS
- Full Time
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 24625.00 - 25674.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
As a band 3 Healthcare Assistant (HCA) within the community planned care teams, you will support registered nurses and allied health professionals in the delivery of high-quality, patient centred care. You will work across various community teams, including district nursing, community resource and response team and the integrated discharge team, providing 24 hour essential clinical and personal care to patients in their own home and community settings ensuring their comfort, dignity and well-being. Including overnight support for patients and families.
This role is ideal for a compassionate and proactive healthcare assistant who enjoys working independently in the community, providing essential care to patients in their own homes.
- Interview Date Wednesday 16 April 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Support patients with personal care, including hygiene, dressing, and mobility assistance
- Perform clinical tasks such as taking and recording vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, oxygen saturation)
- Assist with wound care, pressure area care, and simple dressings following training and competency assessment
- Support patients with continence care, including catheter and stoma care as appropriate
- Monitor patients' general condition and report any concerns to senior staff
- Assist in rehabilitation programs, including mobility and exercise support
- Assist with graded programmes to promote independence with Activities of Daily Living
- Administer clinical interventions (such as insulin administration and blood glucose monitoring) following training
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, liaising with nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and carers, offering reassurance and education about care plans
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, documenting interventions and observations clearly
- Participate in handovers and team meetings to ensure continuity of care
- Previous experience as a healthcare assistant or support worker in a community, hospital, or care setting
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work (essential for community-based roles)
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job responsibilities
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures
- To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care
- To undertake a range of delegated clinical duties
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies to maintain high quality safe care
- Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly
- Assist with admin & clerical duties as required
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients, washing dressing, assistance with feeding etc
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable
- Understanding of basic food hygiene concepts
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
- An understanding of working in the NHS
SKILLS
Essential
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Desirable
- Venepuncture skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
Desirable
- Experience of caring in a health care setting
- Previous work in a health care setting
- Previous NHS experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent level qualification and / or equivalent relevant experience
- GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-E or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills)
- Full UK driving licence holder
Desirable
- GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 9-4 (or A*-C or Level 2 Functional/Key Skills)
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
317 Trustwide
NE1 4LP
