Health Care Assistant, Icu - Whitehaven, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Whitehaven, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Health Care Assistant, Band 2, West Cumberland Hospital 24 hours available (Temporary post)

To assist the registered nurse (or other health practitioners) in providing high quality patient care.

Provide patient care in a kind compassionate and sensitive manner.

Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care

Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives and work under direct or indirect supervision of registered practitioners


Contribute to housekeeping and other ward/department duties as required e.g general tidiness, replenish stock, and ensure clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.

Will carry out delegated, repetitive, routine and familiar tasks.

Providing personal care to patients by supporting/providing assistance with all aspects of daily living. Providing individualised care and promoting independence, using appropriately identified aids e,g, hoists, special mattresses.

Assisting with escorting and transferring patients to different wards and departments

Ensure nutritional needs of the patient are met by assisting them to eat and complete their daily menu card

Plans own day to day work tasks or activities to meet the individuals health and wellbeing needs

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.

The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well


As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.


Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.

All staff are expected to support sustainability.


Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.


The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.

For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Important Information

Junk Mail is checked regularly


Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.


The changes mean that:


the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.


If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below.

These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.


Standard Check:
£18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.


Enhanced Check:
£38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.


As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
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