Health Care Assistant - Peterborough

Health Care Assistant vacancy

The Cardiac Ward and Coronary Care Unit at Peterborough City Hospital join together to create a dynamic and effective care environment for a broad range of Cardiac patients.

Are you an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate individual who is looking for a challenge and will provide high quality fundamental care to patients under the guidance of a Registered Practitioner.

The Cardiac Ward has an exciting opportunity for a Health Care Assistant, please see the job description and person specification for more details.

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust. Talk to the Recruiting Manager about what this means in practice for you.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia

If the post you have applied for requires a DBS check or you are an existing member of staff transferring to a role which requires a DBS or higher level than held you will be charged for the cost of the check. In submitting your application you authorise the Trust to deduct the cost of this check from your first months’ salary if appointed. The cost of the check is currently £44 for an enhanced check and £27 for a standard check.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed. This includes a check with the DBS Update Service where registered.