Healthcare Assistant

2 weeks ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
**Caring, compassionate and thoughtful? Great, we want to hear from you**

The Royal Oldham Care Organisation is looking for patient focused support staff to join ward T6 - Emergency and Surgical Elective Unit. Specialising in Colorectal Cancer Services.

The Healthcare Assistant role is key in ensuring that our nursing teams are supported to deliver consistent, high quality, patient centred care.

**For this position, it is necessary to have already obtained a Care Certificate or an equivalent qualification, or to be willing to work towards obtaining one.**

**Main duties of the job**:
Your care for other people and your willingness to go above and beyond to provide the best possible care to patients and relatives will ensure your success in the role. Friendly and approachable in your style, you’ll be someone who can communicate well, be able to organise your workload accordingly and be a reliable point of support for patients, relatives and your colleagues.

Completion of an NVQ level 2, apprenticeship in Care or equivalent training is essential for this role, please refer to the job description.

All positions offered and appointed are in full recognition and acceptance of these requirements.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Oldham Care Organisation**

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world’s first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualification**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Achievement of national Care Certificate or willingness to work towards / L2 Health related vocational qualification

**Desirable criteria**:

- English and maths at level 1 (equivalent to GCSE grade D-G) or willingness to work towards

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of promoting care formally / informally

**Desirable criteria**:

- Demonstrate and interest or previous care experience in acute/hospital setting

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Demonstrates good verbal and written skills

**Desirable criteria**:

- IT skills

**Personal Qualitities**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service - willingness to work flexible shifts
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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