Healthcare Assistant | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,240 - £27,928 Per Annum, Pro Rata - incl. HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | Slough, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7363807/151-VG131 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, full time Band 3 Healthcare Assistant. The candidates are expected to have experience for 1 year in a hospital environment dealing with the general public. You need to be flexible and able to rotate your shifts to cover days, nights and weekends.
This is a great opportunity for Care Assistants to take more responsibility and a role in the stroke rehab environment at Wexham Park Hospital.
The stroke rehab unit is a 25 bedded busy unit looking after patients with various medical conditions but mainly stroke rehab patients
You will be working with the nursing and multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality patient care to patients and relatives.
You will be supporting the nursing staff in ensuring the all the documentation is up to date. Dementia care and acute care skills are essential.
Reporting any changes in a patient's condition and making sure your area is kept safe.
Essential skills needed are venepuncture, cannulation and catheterization. Being familiar with EPIC is desirable.
The role also involves mentoring new staff members (Care Assistants).
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For full details please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Some of the core requirements for the role include:
• To provide professional, competent basic nursing care to patients and
relatives without direct supervision.
• To competently undertake basic, agreed clinical activities without direct supervision.
• To prioritise own workload and make independent minor decisions.
• To provide Health Education and Promotion to both patients and relatives.
• To provide basic wound care following training under senior supervision until evidence of competency has been demonstrated, including aseptic technique and obtaining wound swabs correctly and application of slings and tub grip.
• To provide the extended role of applying Plaster of Paris under senior
supervision following completion of training and evidence of competency.
• To undertake venepuncture and cannulation duties under senior
supervision following completion of training and evidence of competency.
• To process blood samples through POC machines.
• To ensure blood results are signed by medical staff.
• Assist in the discharge planning.
• To assist patients with hygiene needs while maintaining patient dignity.
• To promote good hand washing technique in conjunction with infection control policies/protocols.
• To accurately record patient observations and report findings to the
qualified named nurse.
• Accurately record ECG’s on completion of training and report back to the qualified named nurse following interpretation by doctor.
• Assist named nurse with care of the bereaved following completion of training.
• To provide support to all colleagues both senior and junior staff.
• To act as a role model to junior staff and learners in the emergency
department environment on completion of training.
• Work in collaboration with all members of the multi-disciplinary
care team and promote good working relationships (including
police, ambulance, OT, physiotherapists, doctors, speciality nurses
and social services).
• To raise all safeguarding issues to the nurse in charge.
• To observe all health and safety regulations and to keep updated in training in accordance with the Trust policies.
• To be part responsible for own development and undertake update
training to meet demands of the post.
• To adhere to the Trust recommendations regarding PREP.
• Ensure effective communication to promote smooth transition
between speciality units/wards and safely escort patients between
care environments and wards.
• Produce clear and factual documentation to the standards of the Record Keeping Act and demonstrate excellent telephone communication skills and messenger service.
• To COVID swab patients at the earliest time.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Aug 2025