Health Care Assistant - Ward H7 | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
Location: | Salford, M6 8HD |
Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 6899729/236-SCO-CS311-25-PS |
Summary
Health Care Assistants looking for an exciting challenge and a wealth of opportunities are encouraged to join our current team on Ward H7.
We are a 22 bedded neurosurgical ward. We have patients from up and down the country elective surgery patients with 8 beds on H7 as part of an Enhanced Care Beds for patients post operative. Alongside the ward senior nursing team the ward is supported by specialist nurse teams and medical team.
As a Health Care Assistant you will be responsible for supporting our Team to ensure that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care.
You will embrace the challenge of working in a highly diverse environment, committed to becoming the safest organisation in the NHS
As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and wellbeing and go the extra mile to ensure compassionate and personalised patient care.
As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.
As a Health Care Assistant you will assist the Health Care practitioner to carry out routine health related activities and complete personal care and activities of daily living ensuring patient led focused care.
You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, bladder scanning and venepuncture and cannulation.
You will provide excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.
In return you will:-
Be developed by our dedicated training professionals, including our specialist spinal nurses. You’ll have access to a wide range of learning opportunities and state of the art facilities, including seminar rooms, an IT suite, a library, skills labs and an on-site simulation suite. You’ll also have access to CPD to help take your career in the right direction.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Sep 2025
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