Healthcare Assistant | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	06 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£24,937 - £26,598 Per annum (pro rata for part time)
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	06 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Blackpool, FY3 8NR
Cwmni:	Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	6718967/382-TER58-25

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A position has become available for a full time Band 3 Healthcare Assistant on Ward 39. Ward 39 is a busy 25 bedded mixed sex Cardiology/ Cardiothoracic Ward. Ward 39 provides high quality care for patients having Cardiac and Thoracic surgery, we care for patients who have stepped down from CITU, CCU, A & E, and also elective admissions. This position is a shift working role, internal rotation of shifts is ongoing, you will be expected to work weekends, bank holidays, late finishes.

The successful candidates will be supported by both our nursing and medical team and essential training for the role will be provided.

You must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and be enthusiastic and passionate about the delivery of high-quality care. As a health care assistant within the team, your role will be assisting our patients with everyday tasks which involve maintaining a good oral intake, assisting with personal hygiene, and escorting patients to various procedures whilst also assisting both our medical and nursing teams to deliver treatment. In addition to providing essential nursing care, there will be a range of clinical skills you are expected to acquire to fulfil the role requirements, such as undertaking clinical observations and venepuncture (taking blood samples). All necessary training for acquiring these skills will be provided by the Trust.

To provide high quality timely patient care to all patients, linking in with MDT colleagues.

Theatre prep, transport patient to investigations, personal care, assist with nutrition and hydration, assisting to provide safe environment and monitoring of high risk patients.



You need to have excellent communication skills, as our patients are often complex and require you to be patient and understanding.

You will be required to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patient needs are identified and communicated effectively so that safe decisions are made around patient care.

You will be expected to maintain high standards of nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and be personally responsible for your actions following the Trust’s Policies and Procedures. You will be required to support the safe admission, transfer and discharges of patients and be pro-active in the timely support provided to patients at all times.

You will be expected to maintain accurate written and/or electronic records ensuring all legal requirements are met.

You will be encouraged and supported to gain new skills and to be actively involved in change improvement and being a champion for an area of care that you feel interested in. You should also be committed to and have evidence of continuing professional development.

You will need to be prepared to work flexibly to the needs of the service.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applicants apply.



Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.

We are proud of the care we strive to provide, and we want to continue to build on this by the addition of passionate, kind and caring people to our teams. Using the latest pathways, evidence-based care and, using all the community therapy support networks available to us to give every patient the best opportunity to remain independent, safe and supported. We are looking for people who strongly align with our Trust values and share common goals.

As a Trust we are committed to:
• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continuous learning and development for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance

We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.

The Trust is accredited as a Disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.

For further information on the Job Description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description.

Please also read the attached Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant criteria for the post.


This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025

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