Health Care Assistant Ward C4 inStockport inStockport PUBLISHED 20 JUN 2024

Come and join our dedicated and friendly team on Ward C4 - Care of the Elderly/ Medical Ward.

We are looking for caring, compassionate, enthusiastic and self-motivated Healthcare Assistants ready to help us to provide high quality care and excellent patient experience.

We are a 16 bed male ward.

As a Healthcare Assistance you will be working very closely with the nurses and the rest of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a rapid recovery while a high quality care and safe discharge is provided.

The Healthcare Assistance role is
key
within our patients’ treatment as you will be providing, supporting and encouraging patients with personal care, nutrition and hydration, mobility and safety.


We value
the job and effort of every member of our team.
We value
every input from the team members that help the unit to improve and achieve the standards required by CQC and StARS accreditation, and
we value
good communication and team work, this is key for us.

This exciting opportunity will be permanent and involves rotation onto days and nights.

Pop in and visit our unit and meet our fantastic team!

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant role is key to ensuring that our nursing teams are supported to deliver consistently, high quality, patient centered care.

This is a great opportunity for dedicated and caring people who really want to make a difference to our patients.

Your care for other people and your willingness to provide the best possible care to patients and relatives will ensure your success in the role.

Friendly and approachable in your style, you’ll be someone who can communicate well, be able to organise your workload accordingly and be a reliable point of support for patients, relatives and your colleagues.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.


Benefits We Offer To You

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Margaret Wheelden Job title: Ward Manager Email address: Telephone number: