Healthcare Assistant

The ideal candidate will have an NVQ 2 in Direct care or equivalent and have experience in caring for older people preferably in a hospital or in-patient setting.

Our friendly, supportive and developing unit comprises 3 wards of 24 inpatient beds for predominantly older patients, with complex medical and nursing conditions, undergoing nursing care, rehabilitation and complex discharge planning, working towards a safe discharge home.

In return we offer an excellent inter professional working environment, we are dedicated to staff development, and are committed to you developing your skills and knowledge, and achieving the National Care Certificate within the first year.

Band 2 Health Care Assistant

Lings Bar Hospital Gamston, Nottingham NG2 6PR

Permanent Post

AFC Band 2

37.5 hours flexible long days/long nights, part time or full time considered

We are looking for enthusiastic, committed, compassionate Health Care Assistants who want to develop their careers and broaden their experiences. They will have excellent communication and team working skills, a professional manner and a commitment and interest in older peoples nursing. They will also have a desire to develop their own knowledge, skills and experience.

The ideal candidate will have an NVQ 2 in Direct care or equivalent and have experience in caring for older people preferably in a hospital or in-patient setting.

Our friendly, supportive and developing unit comprises 3 wards of 24 inpatient beds for predominantly older patients, with complex medical and nursing conditions, undergoing nursing care, rehabilitation and complex discharge planning, working towards a safe discharge home.

In return we offer an excellent inter professional working environment, we are dedicated to staff development, and are committed to you developing your skills and knowledge, and achieving the National Care Certificate within the first year.

We look forward to your application.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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To carry out clinical care of patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.

To work cohesively with the rest of the ward team to care for patients effectively, compassionately and safely.

To actively participate in service improvement activities within the hospital.