Job Description
Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 2 Health Care assistant post within the supportive ward C6 at Stepping Hill Hospital. This inpatient area is looking for an enthusiastic, support worker who is passionate about delivering efficient and holistic patient care to patients.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have a keen interest in expanding their knowledge and understanding of medical conditions. They will be supported by a team of clinicians, nurses, and healthcare assistants to help ensure that patients receive the highest quality care possible.
Candidates will need to demonstrate a holistic, adaptable and caring approach to their work and be highly effective communicators with an ability to adapt to changing circumstance.
The team will support you to gain and enhance skills within the service.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
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.
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.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of 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
You will work closely with the nursing team helping to provide care and support women attending outpatient clinics. You will join an established team of health care assistants, nurse, doctors and admin staff.
Duties will include chaperoning patients and supporting the nursing and medical staff, your role will also include general housekeeping tasks to help the ward run efficiently.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £43.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email mandatory.vaccine@stockport.nhs.uk. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.