Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 23 hours per week (1x Part Time (23 hours per week) available)
- Job ref
- 151-VG105-B
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £26,240 - £27,928 per annum, pro rata incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
As a Health Care Assistant you will work under direct or indirect supervision of a registered nurse/Nursing Associate. The care you give to patients will be compassionate, caring, and high quality.
You will recognise your abilities and limitations of your competence and only carry out those tasks for which you are trained.
As a member of the ward team you will support the other staff, act in the best interest of patients and treat everyone with respect.
This vacancy is for 1x Part Time positions that has become available in Ward 9, Cardiac Step Down ward at Frimley Park Hospital.
As a Trust employee you will honour your work commitments, be reliable, trustworthy and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the Skills for Health Code of Conduct.
Please note this is a front facing clinical role where a high level of spoken and written English language is required. Please do not use AI software for completion of your application for this role.
You currently must be in the UK and have current experience of working in a UK Healthcare setting as an HCA.
Main duties of the job
Some of the main duties of the job include:
• Carrying out assigned tasks as part of clinical team in support of registered nurses
• Undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients.
• Always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
• To assist members of the multi-disciplinary team to maintain patient’s fundamental needs and ensure patient safety.
• To carry out duties in support and under supervision of a registered nurse or Nursing Associate.
• To participate in direct patient care and other general duties within the clinical area employed.
• To provide support and leadership to care assistants and assist with a range of both clinical and non-clinical duties.
• To assist with a range of non-clinical duties.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full job requirements, please see the attached Job Description.
Some of the key tasks that you will need to deliver as part of this role include:
▪ Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
▪ Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on own initiative.
▪ Mentor and support new to care and Health Care Support Workers on the care certificate and to be a ‘buddy’ to any new starters.
▪ To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and experience an excellent patient experience whilst using our Trust services, respecting customs, and religious beliefs at all times.
▪ Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
▪ To care for enhanced care observation patients as required, under the Trust’s ‘Assessment, Observation and 1:1 Engagement for General Adults, Children and Young People Policy’. This may involve fulfilling the roles and responsibilities of a Mental Health Care Assistant delivering enhanced care observation, once MHCA related training study days have been attended.
▪ To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
Person specification
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work full shift patterns, including early/late/night shifts and weekends and bank holidays
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of the Trust
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of dealing with the general public
- Care Certificate
- Experience in a UK care setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience on a hospital ward
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Basic numeracy and literacy
- Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback from staff
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of general education, eg GCSE's or equivalent functional skills Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andreia Simoes
- Job title
- senior sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006132567
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