• Job Description

  Req#: C9210-25-0259?language=en&page=248&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Working full time : 37.5 hours per week

  We are recruiting health care assistants to be based on Bluebell Ward at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

  Bluebell Ward is an 24 bedded general rehabilitation ward, You will be supporting patients who have experienced a period of ill health or injury to regain their independence and help support to rehabilitate them back to doing the things that are important to them.

  As a health care assistant, you will be working in a friendly supportive environment, delivering care, and assisting in maintaining therapy to our patients whilst working alongside our experienced nursing and therapy team.

  Ellesmere Port Hospital is a 3 warded rehabilitation hospital, whose aim is to deliver patient centered care, we are currently undergoing development change, expanding our ward base and criteria of patients, and we therefore need enthusiastic, caring, and forward-thinking staff to join our friendly established team.

  Whether you are new to health care, thinking of returning to work or want a career change then this is the opportunity for you. If you want to improve the quality of life for the patients you support, work within a fast-paced friendly team and be empowered to make change, a career in our Intermediate Care Service will be for you.

  Main duties of the job

  • An excellent induction and opportunity to develop a career in the NHS, with regular informal and formal training opportunities
  • Encouragement and support for those applicants who are looking to progress within the NHS
  • A supportive and friendly induction
  • A friendly and supportive working environment (see our Trust Behavioral Standards)

  About us

  The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

  The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

  The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

  Details

  Date posted

  12 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year pa

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  210-2025-347

  Job locations

  Countess of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  See Job Description for further details.

  Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

  New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

  Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

  Good luck with your application.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  See Job Description for further details.

  Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

  New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

  Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

  Good luck with your application.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Willingness and ability to undertake an NVQ level 2 in Health Care.
  • Prepared to complete within six months of commencement.
  • Good level of general secondary education.

  Desirable

  • NVQ level 2 in Health Care or associated health or Social Care or equivalent experience.
  • Certificate in Health Care or willingness to complete within 1 year of appointment.

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Numeric and literacy skills
  • An understanding of the organisation
  • Basic IT skills
  • Basic understanding of NHS issues

  Desirable

  • Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Willingness and ability to undertake an NVQ level 2 in Health Care.
  • Prepared to complete within six months of commencement.
  • Good level of general secondary education.

  Desirable

  • NVQ level 2 in Health Care or associated health or Social Care or equivalent experience.
  • Certificate in Health Care or willingness to complete within 1 year of appointment.

  Knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Numeric and literacy skills
  • An understanding of the organisation
  • Basic IT skills
  • Basic understanding of NHS issues

  Desirable

  • Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Countess of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Countess of Chester Hospital

  Liverpool Road

  Chester

  CH2 1UL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.coch.nhs.uk/working-with-us.aspx (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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