Healthcare Assistant- St Mary's Hospital

**Healthcare Assistant
- St Mary's Hospital**:
**Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Healthcare Assistant
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Shifts systems - Day and Night Duties)
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-230-E**Site**
- St Mary's Hospital
- **Town**
- St Mary's
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 Pro Rata
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. 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 whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
St Mary's Hospital on Isles of Scilly is currently looking for a friendly, adaptable and committed Healthcare Assistant to work with the Inpatient, MIU and Community Nursing Teams.

St Mary’s Hospital has 10 inpatient beds, an Outpatient Department and a Minor Injury Unit providing 24-hour nurse-led care with 24-hour medical expertise provided by 3 resident GP's.

This post is part-time working 22½ hours a week and will include day & night duties and weekends. Accommodation is available with this post and an Island Living Allowance of 5% of the salary will be paid to any successful applicant resident on the island

The Isles of Scilly comprises of 20 small islands, and a hundred small rocky outcrops. Five of the islands are inhabited, with St Mary’s Hospital being situated on the largest island. We have a unique culture and way of life, low crime rates, a beautiful environment and a much slower pace of life. There is a resident population of 2,500 people, rising to 8,000 in the summer due to the influx of tourists.

Single person accommodation may be available

**Main duties of the job**:
The purpose of the post is:

- To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses.
- To carry out care / other duties under indirectsupervision of a Registered Nurse and/or Senior Health Care Assistant
- Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual clients needs and wishes, acknowledging their rights and beliefs at all times
- Contribute to resource management within the clinical area

Key Dimensions of the post are:

- 10 bedded Community Hospital
- Outpatients Department
- Minor Injuries Department
- X-ray Department
- Physiotherapy Department

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus adm