Healthcare Assistant - Poppy Ward

Job overview

Working part time - 30 hours per week

We are recruiting health care assistants to be based on Poppy Ward at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

Poppy Ward is an 19 bedded general rehabilitation ward, which also has facility for a community step up bed and is managed by our Hospital at Home team. You will be supporting patients who have experienced a period of ill health or injury to regain their independence and help support to rehabilitate them back to doing the things that are important to them.

As a health care assistant, you will be working in a friendly supportive environment, delivering care, and assisting in maintaining therapy to our patients whilst working alongside our experienced nursing and therapy team.

Ellesmere Port Hospital is a 3 warded rehabilitation hospital, whose aim is to deliver patient centered care, we are currently undergoing development change, expanding our ward base and criteria of patients, and we therefore need enthusiastic, caring, and forward-thinking staff to join our friendly established team.

Whether you are new to health care, thinking of returning to work or want a career change then this is the opportunity for you. If you want to improve the quality of life for the patients you support, work within a fast-paced friendly team and be empowered to make change, a career in our Intermediate Care Service will be for you.

Main duties of the job

• An excellent induction and opportunity to develop a career in the NHS, with regular informal and formal training opportunities
• Encouragement and support for those applicants who are looking to progress within the NHS
• A supportive and friendly induction
• A friendly and supportive working environment (see our Trust Behavioral Standards)

Detailed job description and main 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 £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (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 £16 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.

Good luck with your application.