Health Care Assistant

2 weeks ago


East Kilbride, United Kingdom NHS Lanarkshire Full time

The Role

The Health Care Assistant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team carrying out routine personal care/assist with routine examination duties for patients, in support of (and supervised by), a registered nurse/clinician. You will ensure a person centred approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy and will carry out assigned duties to maintain hygiene, order and safety within the ward/department environment. 

Please note: Duties may vary with the type of ward/department and the degree of patient dependency.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

Knowledge of personal care and related procedures or previous volunteer or work experience in a health, education or social environment. Required to undertake on the job training and induction Undertake mandatory HCSW standards Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Effective written and verbal communication skills Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment. Working knowledge of basic information technology.

It would be great if you also have

SVQ II in healthcare, or working towards Good understanding of infection control

Contract type

Permanent 

Full time 

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in the Medical Assessment Unit within University Hospital Hairmyres

The working pattern for this role: Various

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee Counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .



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