Healthcare Assistants’ Assessment Day – Peterborough

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Are you looking for a new career that offers amazing advantages? Have you considered healthcare?
If you are passionate about providing compassionate care to patients and strive to make a positive impact on individuals’ lives, career in healthcare is the ideal choice for you.
Join our Healthcare Assistants’ Assessment Day at Peterborough City Hospital on Saturday the 20 th of April 2024 to gain valuable insight into our efforts to provide high quality care service to our local communities!
Whether you are new to care or have some experience, we believe that everyone has the potential to grow, and we are committed to helping you succeed.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play a crucial role in improving our patients’ experiences, providing hands on personal care (washing, toileting etc), monitoring conditions, supporting them with eating and drinking. You will be caring and kind and have excellent communication and listening skills.
Our team will guide you in finding an area that is tailored to your skills and long-term aspirations. The available opportunities are limited to adult mixed-gender inpatient medical wards.

We can offer personal and professional development through in-house and external training, and a buddy to provide assistance with your onboarding and guidance on your daily tasks and responsibilities.

• To attend the event, you must fill in an application form and pass the selection process *
• Please note interviews for this vacancy are held face to face*

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be passionate about improving the life of our patients while demonstrating a flexible approach and excellent communication skills. You will show a respectful, caring, and compassionate attitude in your daily duties.
All the roles are permanent and offered on a full-time and part-time basis. Flexible working opportunities would be considered where possible.
Typical shift patterns are 07:00 - 19:30 and 19:00 - 07:30, across all seven days of the week (including bank holidays).
Your daily duties will be performed under the kind supervision of our registered staff. The main duties may include:
Personal care, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort, and safety.
Help patients move around.
Learn about individuals’ specific needs and provide help in the most appropriate way.
Maintain a safe, clean, and enjoyable clinical environment to live and work in.
Communicate to patients and their families.
Manage stock levels for linen and other supplies.
When your tasks prove to be challenging, our Wellbeing team will be there to support you as well as our in-house physiotherapy services.
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

If you require more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents

• To attend the event, you must fill in an application form and pass the selection process *
• Please note interviews for this vacancy are held face to face