Healthcare Assistant

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago

Cheshire, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Working Hours: Full or Part Time hours available

Although experience and qualifications in care are desirable they are not essential. We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic individuals who want to help Team Countess provide Safe, Kind and effective care.

Training and opportunities to develop further in the healthcare field will be provided to successful applicants. With support from the Trust and Wirral Metropolitan College, all successful candidates will have the opportunity to enrol and successfully complete National Vocational Qualification Courses (NVQ`s) level 2/3 in Health and Social Care.

To gain an invite to the interview, we really want to know about you as an individual. Your supporting statement on your application is important as excellent communication skills are essential to the role. Demonstrating good grammar and literacy skills in a minimum of 50 words, please explain why you want to be a Healthcare Assistant at The Countess of Chester Hospital and what skills, experience and personal qualities you can bring to the role.

Please note we are not able to provide sponsorship for this vacancy.

From 4th April 2024 the minimum salary requirement for a skilled visa increases to £23,200. We strongly encourage applicants who require sponsorship to review the eligibility criteria at

If your application is successful please note you will be invited to an interview on the 29th May 2024

Main duties of the job

The right candidate will be provided with a 7 day Healthcare Assistant Induction, introducing you to the Trust and ensuring that you settle into your new role.

Successful candidates will be provided with resources and guidance to ensure completion of the national mandatory Care Certificate within 6 months of appointment.

Please see attached the Job Description for full list of duties & responsibilities for this role.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for this post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Visas and immigration - (

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Willingness and ability to undertake an NVQ level 2 in Health Care. Prepared to complete within six months of commencement. Good level of general secondary education.

Desirable

NVQ level 2 in Health Care or associated health or Social Care or equivalent experience. Certificate in Health Care or willingness to complete within 1 year of appointment.

Knowledge

Essential

Numeracy, Literacy and basic IT skills. Basic understanding of the role of a Healthcare Assistant within the NHS. Basic understanding of NHS issues.

Desirable

Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public.

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