Health Care Assistant

Main area General Surgery Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days, nights and weekends.) Job
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Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ward 15b, Blackpool NHS Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/10/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.

We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational and motivated Health Care Assistant to join our dedicated team on Ward 15b at Blackpool Teaching hospitals.

The successful candidate 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 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 deliver treatment.

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Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.

Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate.

Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.

Able to perform a wide range of duties.

Understanding of quality and clinical change in the clinical setting.

An understanding of organisation of nursing care.

Basic I.T. skills in E mail.

Basic understanding of NHS issues.

Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.

Carry out clinical interventions as delegated by a RN as agreed by local protocols.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

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