NHS
Healthcare Assistant
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Job Description
- Req#: C9184-25-1496?language=en&page=235&sort=publicationDateDesc
- NVQ Level 2 in Healthcare would be an advantage but not essential
- Experience in a healthcare setting
- Previous experience working within an NHS environment
- Experience of caring for stroke patients
- Skills and Ability
- Professional and patient focussed approach
- High standards of written communication skills, with the ability to use email and the internet
- Good understanding of working in a clinical environment
- NVQ Level 2 in Healthcare would be an advantage but not essential
- Experience in a healthcare setting
- Previous experience working within an NHS environment
- Experience of caring for stroke patients
- Skills and Ability
- Professional and patient focussed approach
- High standards of written communication skills, with the ability to use email and the internet
- Good understanding of working in a clinical environment
Job summary
Health Care Assistant - Williton Community Hospital
Stroke Recovery Centre - Meadow Ward
Are you looking for a new challenge & would like to join a team dedicated to making a difference? Are you passionate about providing high standard patient-centered, compassionate care ? Do you have experience in caring for stroke patients? Then come and work with us!
Williton offers specialist Stroke rehabilitation beds with the goal of re-enabling our patients to live their best life at home with the support they need to maintain this. For those that can't go home, we facilitate discharge to an appropriate care setting & continue our focus to maintain as much independence as possible. In addition, Meadow Ward offers End of Life care in our beautiful Grace's Room.
There is the requirement to work flexibly on an internal shift rotation, working both days and nights over a seven-day period, including bank holidays. In return you will receive enhanced payments for working unsocial hours, a generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and free parking.
If successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will work alongside the registered nurse and assist with all aspects of patient care, from admission through to discharge, using a computerised record keeping system. You will provide general nursing care, ensuring all patients are treated with dignity and respect. You will be able to promote a safe environment within the recovery centre and have the ability to work as part of a team. Previous stroke experience is desirable though not essential as training will be provided where needed.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!
Details
Date posted
17 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,169 to £24,169 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
184-OL-BL-2288
Job locations
Williton Community Hospital
North Road
Williton
Somerset
TA4 4RA
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for main role responsibilities.
Shortlisted applicants will need to hold NVQ level 2 in care or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a similar role within their application form.
Informal visits are encouraged and welcome.
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description for main role responsibilities.
Shortlisted applicants will need to hold NVQ level 2 in care or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a similar role within their application form.
Informal visits are encouraged and welcome.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional Criteria
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional Criteria
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
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Williton Community Hospital
North Road
Williton
Somerset
TA4 4RA
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Williton Community Hospital
North Road
Williton
Somerset
TA4 4RA
Employer's website
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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