Health Care Assistant

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant committed to providing excellent patient care?
Have you always wanted to work in Healthcare but don't have the formal experience?
Do you want a new challenge, and have the passion to make a difference?
If so, we have the ideal opportunity for committed and compassionate individuals to join our supportive and friendly teams at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to undertake an online maths and English assessment. You will need to meet a minimum of Level 1 to be invited to interview.
If you are then successful and invited to interview there will be 3 dates available to choose from to attend a face-to-face interview.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot - 'Where you make a difference', In accordance with patients individual care plan, support patients to meet and maintain their hygiene needs, this may include actions such as:
Undertake total hygiene needs for patients
Assist patients to wash and dress
Assist patients to shower
Assist patients with / undertake mouth care, c/o teeth / dentures
Assist with / undertake care of hair
Assist with / undertake nail care
Undertake eye care
Assist patients with / undertake shaving
Reporting and documentation of all patient care activities, to include improvement, deterioration and changes

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot., The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.

We require enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistants to work within our busy medical and surgical ward areas and urgent and emergency care which offer a variety of specialisms and opportunities.
We have part-time and full-time vacancies available however commitment is required to cover all shifts, days/nights/weekends on a rotation basis
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is passionate about patient care. As part of our vision and values, we require all staff to behave in a way that demonstrates their commitment to providing the best possible care for our patients and through our recruitment and selection processes, we seek to test these skills and attributes in all candidates
The successful candidate will be expected to complete the Care Certificate and a HCA Development programme at Level 2 / Level 3 depending upon experience as part of their role and must be committed to completion of these within the required time frame
Please see attached job descriptions and personal specification for full details of role
We also offer a full training programme which includes the following:
Two week HCSW onboarding programme which will include the Care Certificate to enhance knowledge base and clinical skills;
Local induction;
Competency pack following HCA programme to build evidence of knowledge, skills and competence;
Undertake a QCF/NVQ / Apprenticeship development programme;
Support in practice/buddy system
Please note:
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC where all subsequent information regarding your application will be generated. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.