• Job Description

  Req#: C9408-25-0475?language=en&page=822&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  DME Ward 21 are looking for a Health Care Assistant to join our friendly team and help assist the Registered Nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team in implementing the patients care plan.

  Main duties of the job

  • Provides personal care to patients e.g. Bathing, toileting, feeding and care of the dying
  • Works in accordance to Trust policies and procedures
  • Demonstrates own duties to new starters and others as appropriate
  • Observes patients and reports any changes to a Registered Nurse
  • Take basic patient measurements eg height and weight

  About us

  All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

  We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

  We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

  The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

  Details

  Date posted

  23 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  408-25-570

  Job locations

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Health Care Assistant position available with WUTH.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Health Care Assistant position available with WUTH.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Desirable

  • Previous experience and training of manual handling patients using appropriate equipment
  • Can demonstrate an understanding of the importance of promoting patient independence
  • Able to provide support and reassurance to patients

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Understand when to seek support and advice
  • Aware of personal and professional limitations
  • Ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • A positive attitude and ability to act on feedback
  • Polite, friendly, approachable and self-motivated

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Health & Social Care OR A good standard of general education to GCSE level and the agreement to undertake the relevant L2 qualification on appointment
  • Completion of the Care Certificate theory and practice standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.

  Desirable

  • Experience working in a clinical environment
  • Experience working in the NHS

  Person Specification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Desirable

  • Previous experience and training of manual handling patients using appropriate equipment
  • Can demonstrate an understanding of the importance of promoting patient independence
  • Able to provide support and reassurance to patients

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Understand when to seek support and advice
  • Aware of personal and professional limitations
  • Ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • A positive attitude and ability to act on feedback
  • Polite, friendly, approachable and self-motivated

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Health & Social Care OR A good standard of general education to GCSE level and the agreement to undertake the relevant L2 qualification on appointment
  • Completion of the Care Certificate theory and practice standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.

  Desirable

  • Experience working in a clinical environment
  • Experience working in the NHS

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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