NHS Jobs
Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £25,500 to £27,098 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 1561874102
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About the Job:
As a healthcare assistant, you will be part of our valued team based at HMP Norwich, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits, including:
- A starting salary of £24,486 with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical well-being from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas, which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Main Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care in line with agreed clinical standards.
- Participate in assessing patient needs and support the delivery of holistic care programs.
- Assist with medicines management tasks following appropriate training, including safe storage, ordering, transporting, and supervised administration of medication.
- Support clinics by preparing clinical spaces, assisting senior staff, and ensuring smooth patient flow.
- Undertake delegated clinical interventions and maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records.
- Promote patient health, well-being, privacy, and dignity at all times.
- Work closely with senior team members to manage your workload and respond to changing clinical priorities.
- Support clerical and administrative duties to ensure seamless service delivery.
- Collaborate with other professionals, internal teams, and external agencies involved in patient care.
Who We’re Looking For:
We’re looking for a positive, resilient, and motivated individual who is passionate about delivering excellent patient care in a unique and rewarding healthcare environment. Whether you’re starting your healthcare career or looking for a new challenge, we’ll provide the training and support you need to succeed.
You’ll be comfortable using IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications, and able to work flexibly across a rotating shift pattern that includes nights and alternate weekends. Above all, you’ll be a team player who shares our values of compassion, respect, and dignity and is committed to delivering healthcare to the same high standards expected in any community setting.
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.
