Ward Assistant

4 days ago


Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Full time

£10.90 per hour

Would you like to work in a role where you can make a difference ? Be part of a big team ?

We are now recruiting for Ward Assistants to join our ward teams. Working alongside Nurses and Healthcare Assistants you will cover day to day tasks that are key to the smooth running of the ward which results in the delivery of excellent patient care.

As a ward assistant duties will include
- Answering the telephone
- Assisting patients in ordering food
- Receive, welcome and guide patients and visitors
- Undertake daily cleaning tasks
- Cleaning equipment

You will need to
- Have good communication skills and communicate at all levels
- Have the ability to follow instructions and organise your work
- Be caring and compassionate

Full and part time hours will be considered, minimum of 22.5 hours, maximum 37.5 per week. Monday to Friday working between 8am and 6pm each day.

Due to the nature of the role minimum age requirement is 18 years.

Full training and induction will be provided.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.



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