Health Care Assistant Uk Sponsorship Available

Job Description

Job overview

Urgent, Emergency, and Eldercare

Healthcare Support Worker or Healthcare Assistant

Band 2/Band 3 (developmental role)

Are you ready to receive the praise and honours that you deserve?Be Brilliant With RCHT. We need more Healthcare Support Workers and Assistants for our Urgent, Emergency, and Eldercare (UEE) Care Group divisions.

The UEE Care Group includes Stroke, Eldercare, Acute Medicine, and the Emergency Department.

A Healthcare Support Worker / Healthcare Assistant is not an average job, nor is it suitable for everyone. We require compassionate, supporting people who enjoy assisting others and come to work with a cheerful attitude and a nice smile. If this sounds like you, we guarantee you’ll leave each shift feeling proud of the job you’ve done to help patients feel and be their best.

Full-time (37.5 hours per week) and part-time options are available. Sponsorship is not assured. During the interview, please discuss any sponsorship requirements or limitations on working hours based on your existing visa.

Main responsibilities of the job

Working in the NHS isn’t about making other people richer or doing useless, dull, and unrewarding occupations; it’s about doing real work for real people. It requires adaptability, devotion, and compassion, but in exchange, we may provide you a satisfying job in which you can truly make a difference. Urgent and Emergency Care is a fast-paced atmosphere with no two days being the same. It is both a hard and rewarding place to work.

With good teamwork skills, you will be able to exemplify our values while communicating effectively with colleagues and patients.We welcome your suggestions for how to improve the services we provide while maintaining high quality and treating patients and team members with respect and dignity.

We are proud of the first-rate care we deliver to our patients at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and to support this, we are growing our teams of Healthcare Support Workers / Healthcare Assistants across all areas of the hospital. You will be trained to finish your Care Certificate, which will provide you with all of the necessary skills to succeed (aside from your amazing personality and helpful disposition!). But it doesn’t stop there; if you want to advance in your career, we can even offer you the opportunity to focus in a certain expertise or take advantage of our wonderful apprenticeship to become a nurse. You can earn while learning without paying university tuition or incurring student debt!So, what are you waiting for?

Working for our organisation.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the largest supplier of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main locations are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle, and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance; our staff and services are available throughout the region.

The Trust employs around 5,000 people, has a budget of £380 million, and provides 750 beds. We collaborate with health and social care agencies, particularly NHS Kernow and NHS England, to ensure that local healthcare requirements are satisfied. We provide acute medical, surgical, and specialty treatments to about 500,000 people, which can grow dramatically during peak holiday seasons.

As a teaching hospital, the Trust is affiliated with the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping up with medical innovations, we are constantly developing clinical services and devoted to expanding the spectrum of expert care available locally.

We can provide you with a meaningful job in a supportive working environment. We have significant educational connections to assist you reach your full potential and build the skills needed to provide exceptional healthcare to the local community.

Enjoy an exceptional quality of life in a location that ranges from surfing beaches and fishing harbours to picturesque countryside and ancient cities. With clean air, plenty of chances for outdoor activities, and outstanding schools, colleges, and institutions (including adult education), it’s the perfect area for families and you to advance your career.

Detailed job description and primary responsibilities

Our Healthcare Support Workers / Healthcare Assistants are valuable members of the team. Without you, we would not be able to provide the quality service we do. To express our gratitude for your dedication and hard work, we assure you:

A fulfilling position where your treatment has a daily impact on our patients.

Supportive on-the-job training and induction, including the potential to advance your healthcare career by pursuing a nurse career path.

Guaranteed monthly income.

Be a part of a team committed to providing exceptional patient care.

Hours can be full-time or part-time.

Staff support networks.

Staff benefit packages include access to the employee pension programme.

Generous Annual Leave Allowance

Staff recognition.

Salary sacrifice schemes.

If you are searching for the next step in your career, this is an excellent opportunity to join a welcoming and well-established company. Apply today so you don’t miss out!

The linked job description and person specification provide additional information about this position.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of ways. Please discuss any flexible working arrangements you prefer or require during your interview. While we may not be able to satisfy all requests, they will not be considered during the interview scoring process, and we will do our best to accommodate them for successful applicants.

Person Specification

Healthcare Support Worker Band 2: Education, Qualifications, and Relevant Experience

Essential criteria

• Experienced at communicating with a variety of people, both written and verbally.
• Willingness and competency to finish the Care Certificate within a certain timeframe
• Willingness and competency to complete additional training for progression to Healthcare Assistant within the agreed-upon date

Desirable requirements.

• Level 2 qualification or experience in a care setting.

Healthcare Assistant Band 3: Education, Qualifications, and Relevant Experience

Essential criteria

• GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent
• NVQ 2 in Health Care, or equivalent.
• Clinical skills include venepuncture, blood transfusion, and aseptic non-touch approach.
• Prior experience in a care setting.
• Previous hospital experience.

Desirable requirements.

• NVQ III in Direct CareDue to the large volume of applications we receive, we are unable to notify candidates in writing if they were unsuccessful in the shortlisting stage. Therefore, if you have not received a response within 21 days of the closing date, you must presume that your application was failed. Logging into your account on the website may give you further information about the status of your application. If you want to get feedback on your application, call the manager of the position, which will be listed in the job advertisement.

Applicants from job seekers requiring sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. Please be aware that beginning in January 2021, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals will require sponsorship to work in the UK, unless they have authorization to work through another means. Non-UK/ROI applicants can self-assess their chances of receiving a Certificate of Sponsorship at Work in the UK.

It is critical that you submit full and correct information about your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants seeking entrance clearance into the UK must provide a criminal record certificate from each nation where they have lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. For guidance on criminal records checks for international candidates, please refer to this resource.

Not everyone requires a “Skilled Worker” visa. If you’re applying for a position in health or adult social care, see if you may apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. It is less expensive to apply for, and you are not required to pay the annual immigration health premium.If you are unsuccessful during the interview, please be informed that your job application and related documentation will be kept confidential for a period of 12 months.

Benefits include an optional pension and life insurance. The Trust offers a specialised Childcare Coordination Team that may assist and advise employees on childcare-related matters.

We are committed to ensuring that our employees are developed, engaged, and supported to work in various ways to support a changing environment in which we operate and offer services.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust does not allow smoking. No smoking will be permitted on any of the sites.

If you require an alternative format of this application form (such as Braille, audio, or big print), please call 01872 255755.

By submitting an application form, you enable Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust to confirm any past NHS service data via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process if you are appointed to the position.

COVID-19 Vaccines

Update: NHS employees/applicants for frontline positions at the Royal Cornwall Trust are no longer needed to be completely vaccinated against COVID by April 1, 2022.The government has announced a public consultation and parliamentary review. We may request immunisation status, however this will not affect working with the Trust.

Royal Cornwall Hospital is an equal opportunity workplace.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Before applying for this position, please review the “guidance notes for applicants” paper at the bottom of the screen.

If you are successful in the shortlisting step of the recruitment process, you will be contacted by email and advised to schedule an interview.