Senior Healthcare Assistant

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

One thing that we can promise you, is that no two days will ever be the same! We are also not going to shy away and say that this role will be easy; sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients.

Whilst personal care will form a large part of your role, you will also take samples from our patients for testing or dispatching, you'll undertake clinical duties relevant to the area you are allocated, such as monitoring patients' vital signs, accurately calculating Early Warning Scores, recognising signs of unwell patients, and escalating in a timely manner.

Patient safety is in the essence of everything that we do here at the Trust, so maintaining a certain standard of care is so important.

Due to these requirements, we ask that all our Senior Healthcare Assistants have a minimum of GCSE Grade C or above (Grade 4 - 9) in both English and Mathematics.

A level 2 in Health and Social Care is also an essential requirement for our external candidates. If you are working with us (LTHTR) as band 2 HCA for more than 12 months, you are exempted from having Level 2 Health and Social Care qualification requirement.

You will need to provide evidence for your qualifications. All overseas qualifications must be proved comparable to UK standards through UK ENIC.

Non-UK nationals are expected to sit for an internal English assessment with us.

If you do not have NVQ 3 in Health and Social you will need to undertake and complete Trust internal Level 3 training programme course.

Please be advised if you are a 'Non-UK National' applicant you must meet the eligibility criteria and fulfil the settlement requirements of the apprenticeship course funding. Your settlement status will need to be verified as eligible for funding by the relevant apprenticeship provider in order for you to formally enrol on the course.

The training provider will require evidence of:
• Full time residency in the UK for 3 consecutive years or more prior to the course start date (unless otherwise exempt from this rule - for example you hold refugee status - use the link below to see full list of exemptions).
• Residency to live and work in the UK for at least 1 year from the apprenticeship start date and must cover the entire course duration including the EPA period.

Interview Dates

25th March 2025

25th April 2025

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE Maths & English grade C or above / Grade 4 - 9 OR Functional/Key skills level 2 numeracy and Functional/Key Skills level 2 literacy
• BNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training programme (to include work-based assessments)
• Must be willing to undertake Trust internal Level 3 training programme in Healthcare

Desirable criteria

• Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3 (to include work-based assessments)

Experience

Essential criteria

• If you are already working with our trust on a band 2 role and have minimum 12 months of experience. Must be willing to undertake Trust internal Level 3 training programme course.

Desirable criteria

• Satisfactory computer skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
• Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
• Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
• Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA

Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we're looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We'll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.

To support you in your application process we've created a What we can offer you guide that shows what you can expect when you join our hospitals. The guide includes links to our strategic aims and objectives as well as our values, development support and rewards and benefits.

We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.