Healthcare Assistant

Looking for a career in Healthcare but don’t have any experience.

At NLaG we do not require you to have any formal qualifications as you will be supported to achieve these once in post. What we require is enthusiasm to learn, a desire to help safely care for our patients and that you align with our values of Kindness, Courage and Respect.

Our Senior Healthcare Assistant (SHCA) roles are focused on ensuring that high quality patient centred care is delivered in a safe clinical environment.

We are committed to developing our staff through training and education, supporting you to learn new skills. We have a dedicated Practice Development team focused on ensuring our staff have the right skills to care for our patients, this includes a weeklong induction for new starters where clinical skills are taught and practiced preparing you for your new role. There will be opportunities to develop and gain transferable skills for your future career - which for some may include a pathway into registered nursing.

We have posts available in the Surgical Division

SHCA roles are recruited to centrally and if you are successful in securing a role after the interview process, you may be placed in a pool whilst your employment checks are being completed and a suitable allocation is being secured for you.

The majority of ward areas require shift working, which includes days and nights over 7 days, however consideration will be given to requests for more flexible working options.

Main duties of the job

To maintain the highest possible standards of compassionate and professional patient centred care with particular attention to privacy and dignity.

Assist patients with personal care, hygiene and sanitary needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.

Assist in meeting patients’ nutritional needs, including non-oral nutritional and fluid intake. Ensure that patients who require assistance at mealtimes have an appropriately coloured tray to identify they need help and are assisted with eating and drinking.

Where identified in the plan of care, ensure that food and fluid intake and output are accurately documented on appropriate patient charts

We are a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to be innovative and adopt ‘best practice’ for us to deliver excellent care to our patients.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

Assist in skin and pressure area care to prevent pressure ulcers developing. Under the supervision of registered nurses, ensure patients are helped to move position to prevent discomfort and / or pressure ulcers developing.

Assist patients with safe mobilisation according to their plan of care and where appropriate seek help from other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Utilise appropriate moving and handling equipment to reduce the risk of injury to the patient and themselves.

Assist in supporting rehabilitation and therapeutic activities for patients as appropriate.

Assist registered nursing staff in the taking and recording of vital signs as per the patient’s plan of care.

Communicate any changes in the patient’s condition to the nurse / midwife in charge.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are dedicated to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

HCA roles are recruited to centrally and if you are successful in securing a role after the interview process, you may be placed in a pool whilst your employment checks are being completed and a suitable allocation is being secured for you.

The majority of ward areas require shift working, which includes days and nights over 7 days, however consideration will be given to requests for more flexible working options.

Our Healthcare Assistant (HCA) roles are focused on ensuring that high quality patient centred care is delivered in a safe clinical environment.