Health Care Assistant - Recruitment Event
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Are you committed to delivering the highest level of patient care? Do you treat colleagues, patients (and their visitors) with courtesy, consideration and dignity? If your answers are yes, then read on!
NCIC is excited to announce a volume recruitment drive for Health Care Assistants needed across a variety of departments and locations in our Trust. We will be holding an interview day in Carlisle on Tuesday 25th February 2025. In order to be considered you will need to be available on this day and also for training. If you are unable to commit to this date then unfortunately alternative dates will not be available. Interviews will be focused on our values of kindness, respect, collaboration and ambition.
If successful you will be allocated to a department (preferences considered but not guaranteed).
These vacancies are for contracted hours full or part time where available (bank applications need not apply)
Please be aware this vacancy does not attract sponsorship in line with current UKVI regulations.
Main Duties of the Job
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this. For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the read this before applying section.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* National Care Certificate or commitment to complete as part of induction process.
* NVQ 2 in care (willingness to complete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience.
Experience
* Work in customer focused / caring environment.
* Use of a computer.
* Experience of providing care in a professional or personal setting.
Knowledge
* Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
* Understanding about how to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner or willingness to learn.
* Understanding on how to meet basic care needs of patients, washing dressing, assistance with feeding etc.
* Understanding of confidentiality.
* Understanding of Nursing policies and procedures.
* Ability to communicate with members of the public and health care providers.
* Ability to work as a member of a team.
* Ability to use initiative appropriately.
* Organisational skills.
* Ability to meet deadlines.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Personal Circumstances
* Ability to communicate with members of the public and health care providers.
* Presents self as courteous, respectful and helpful and understands importance of professional image.
* Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Motivation, interest and enthusiasm in caring for children and their families.
* Team focussed.
* Understands responsibility of position.
* Understands the need for flexibility.
* Reassuring under pressure.
* Open/Reflective/Warm.
* Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable.
Other Requirements
* Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours.
* Commitment to maintaining mandatory training and essential learning.
* Evidence of understanding of Trust Business.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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