Ward Support Assistant | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,272 pro rata, per annum, |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | Lindley, HD3 3EA |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7971545/372-MED2616-A |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team on the Acute Floor as a ward support assistant.
Nutrition and hydration are essential for health and quality of life. Adequate food and drink can help people recover from illness, remain independent, reduce their length of stay in hospital and help to avoid re admission to hospital.
You will assist the qualified nurses and contribute to support, assist monitor and educate our patients, their families and carers with their nutrition and hydration needs. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and report to the nurse in charge to ensure individual needs are met in a relaxed environment conducive to dining maintaining dignity and respect.
You will assist with cleaning and maintaining the ward environment as well as equipment ensuring that infection control policies are followed.
You will support with administration tasks as required and answer telephones, giving messages to the MDT.
· Assist patients with eating and drinking, ensuring individual needs are met.
· Work with the MDT to implement nutritional care plans. Monitor and record food, fluid, and supplement intake.
· Order special diets and liaise with catering staff regarding menu choices. Encourage and assist patients to take prescribed snacks, nourishing drinks and supplements and document as directed by the dietician.
· Weigh and measure patients as per nutritional risk assessments.
· Clean and maintain the ward environment as well as equipment ensuring that infection control policies are followed.
· Support administrative tasks and answer telephones
· Contribute to moving and handling patients following training.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
1. Patient Care & Nutrition
· Assist patients with eating and drinking, ensuring individual needs are met.
· Work with registered nurses and dieticians to implement nutritional care plans.
· Monitor and record food, fluid, and supplement intake; report findings to nursing and dietetic teams.
· Advise patients on suitable food choices, considering cultural preferences.
· Order special diets and liaise with catering staff regarding menu choices.
· Encourage prescribed snacks and supplements; document intake as directed.
· Weigh and measure patients as per nutritional risk assessments.
· Promote healthy eating and maintain nutritional information resources on the ward.
· Prepare discharge nutritional reports with dieticians and nursing staff.
2. Housekeeping & Environmental Duties
· Clean and maintain treatment areas, sluice rooms, linen storage, and patient spaces.
· Ensure linen supplies are replenished and stored appropriately.
· Clean and check returned mobility equipment for reuse.
· Decontaminate equipment according to infection control policies.
· Maintain tidiness and cleanliness of the clinical environment, including unpacking and storing stock deliveries.
· Follow Health and Safety and Infection Control policies, attending mandatory training updates.
3. General Duties
· Answer telephones professionally and relay messages appropriately.
· Support administrative tasks when required.
· Participate in audits and data collection as directed.
· Contribute to moving and handling patients following training.
· Act as a link to other agencies and services when appropriate.
· Promote self-development through training identified by the team.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 May 2026