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Job Description
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- 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.
- 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.
- Numeracy, Literacy and basic IT skills.
- Basic understanding of the role of a Healthcare Assistant within the NHS.
- Basic understanding of NHS issues.
- Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public.
- 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.
- 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.
- Numeracy, Literacy and basic IT skills.
- Basic understanding of the role of a Healthcare Assistant within the NHS.
- Basic understanding of NHS issues.
- Previous work / life experience requiring involvement with the public.
Job summary
Working Hours: Full or Part Time hours available
Although experience and qualifications in care are desirable they are not essential. We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic individuals who want to help Team Countess provide Safe, Kind and effective care.
Training and opportunities to develop further in the healthcare field will be provided to successful applicants. With support from the Trust and Wirral Metropolitan College, all successful candidates will have the opportunity to enrol and successfully complete National Vocational Qualification Courses (NVQ`s) level 2/3 in Health and Social Care.
To gain an invite to the interview, we really want to know about you as an individual. Your supporting statement on your application is important as excellent communication skills are essential to the role. Demonstrating good grammar and literacy skills in a minimum of 50 words, please explain why you want to be a Healthcare Assistant at The Countess of Chester Hospital and what skills, experience and personal qualities you can bring to the role.
Please note we are not able to provide sponsorship for this vacancy.
If your application is successful please note you will be invited to an interview on the 24th June 2025.
Main duties of the job
The right candidate will be provided with a 7 day Healthcare Assistant Induction, introducing you to the Trust and ensuring that you settle into your new role.
Successful candidates will be provided with resources and guidance to ensure completion of the national mandatory Care Certificate within 6 months of appointment.
Please see attached the Job Description for full list of duties & responsibilities for this role.
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:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 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 411,000. This includes 361,000 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
09 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
210-2025-60-C
Job locations
Countess of Chester Hospital / Ellesmere Port Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
Job descriptionJob 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 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 SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
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 / Ellesmere Port 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 / Ellesmere Port 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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