NHS Band 3 Health Care Assistant Needed In Sunderland: (Visa Sponsorship Available)

Health Care Assistant Job summary

An exciting Health Care Assistant opportunity has arisen for a band 3 health care assistant to work within the inpatient unit at St Benedicts Hospice. Your key responsibilities will be to assist the registered practitioner in providing high quality compassionate care and assistance to patients / relatives and their carers appropriate to their needs., responsible for carrying out tasks as delegated by the registered practitioner who has overall accountability for delegating care, to comply with the Trusts vision, values and behavioural compact, to assist the qualified staff to provide high quality care and assistance to all patients, relatives and significant others during their admission to the hospice.

Please note the Trust are not able to offer Skilled Worker Sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the UKVI threshold requirements. Applicants are requested to consider this when making their application. Please visit Gov.UK for further information.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team at St Benedicts Hospice team to work over a 24-hour period, 7 days a week. The successful candidate should possess the care certificate and have level 2/3 health/health and social care NVQ or be committed to committed to completing Care Certificate qualification on commencement to post. A Minimum of 3 months experience of working in a hospital / care setting as a paid carer is required when applying for the post.

There will be an expectation to have the ability to prioritise tasks, ability to communicate health related information in an understandable way to patients and colleagues, adapting communication style to meet the needs of the recipient, ability to communicate messages and instructions accurately to colleagues, both verbally and in writing, basic skills of empathy and reassurance, basic keyboard skills, ability to use basic email system and document clearly, using plain English, basic understanding of health and safety requirements in a patient environment, general understanding of confidentiality requirements in a health care setting, willing to undertake further training related to role, willing to complete Competency Based Assessments and a Portfolio of evidence, in order to achieve the Care Certificate.

The role requires you to have the ability to assist patients to move as per Trust Moving and Handling Policy.

About us

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One Team One Trust – There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust’s Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits – Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.