Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Join one of our welcoming and supportive teams as a Senior Healthcare Assistant where you will have the chance to learn, grow, and thrive. Our friendly environment ensures you will be guided and developed by our award-winning Education Team every step of the way.
We offer full training that we have developed ourselves - in fact, your first three weeks starts with you completing your Care Certificate which you will then take onto the ward/department you are allocated to and proudly showcase all your new skills.
Our hospitals do not close, so as you would expect, we do work on a shift basis - our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Typically, you would usually work a day or night shift: 07:00-19:30 & 19:00-07:30. We ask our teams how they feel about the shifts, and much feedback indicates that it is great to have a varied work pattern, helping with care responsibilities and ensuring an excellent work-life balance.
We promise you that you will make a difference to our patients every single day, and we know that is what will really motivate you. We will be proud of you; you will be proud of you, and you will be so valued here.
Job Summary
As a Senior Healthcare Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for our patients and residents. You will be entrusted with delivering personalised care to patients and performing a spectrum of clinical duties under the guidance of the team leader/nurse in charge. Your responsibilities will encompass a diverse range of essential tasks.
Embrace the opportunity to contribute to patient safety, conduct assessments, and carry out various clinical procedures, all while being supported by a team that values your growth and success.
You must have a willingness to undertake further training E.G. phlebotomy, ECG recording to support the team in the management of patients with acute medical conditions. Experience of working with acute patients in a hospital setting would be beneficial, and working well within a team is essential.
There are a multitude of opportunities in different departments across the trust, especially Emergency Department service and Acute Medical Unit.
Main Duties of the Job
One thing that we can promise you is that no two days will ever be the same! While personal care will form a large part of your role, you will also take samples from our patients for testing, undertake clinical duties relevant to the area you are allocated, such as monitoring patients' vital signs, accurately calculating Early Warning Scores, and escalating in a timely manner.
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 a band 2 HCA for more than 12 months, you are exempt 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* 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 course
Desirable
* Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3 (to include work-based assessments)
Experience
Essential
* If you are already working with our trust on a band 2 role and have a minimum of 12 months of experience. Must be willing to undertake Trust internal Level 3 training programme course.
Desirable
* Satisfactory computer skills
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* Previous experience of working in an acute healthcare or related setting
* Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
* Understanding of the concept and application of confidentiality
* Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA
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.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston/Chorley, PR2 9HT
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year Per Annum/Pro Rata for part-time
Interview Dates
25th March 2025
25th April 2025
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