Job overview

We are looking to recruit experienced healthcare assistants who have or are willing to undertake the care certificate competency on appointment.

The permanent  job positions are within Acute Medicine (AMU/Short stay unit)

You will be fully supported and become an integral member of the team.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals to join our team in this dynamic and busy department, as we continue to develop patient led services and expand roles that reflect the on-going changes.

The healthcare assistant role involves working closely with the nursing team to develop patient centered services and carry out all basic healthcare duties. This role also provides you with an excellent opportunity to use and develop your existing skills.

Previous experience in a hospital health care environment is preferred. 

Main duties of the job

•  Contribute to the delivery of care and clinical activity in accordance with agreed plan of care and appropriate policies, procedures and protocols of ward/department.
• Report any alteration in patients’/client’s condition including the initiation of emergency action to the qualified clinical nurse.
• To be aware of spiritual, cultural and religious needs of patients and to ensure care provided is particularly sensitive to those needs.
• Collect specimens of urine, faeces, or sputum as directed by qualified clinical nurse, ensuring its safe storage/transport or disposal as appropriate

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow. 

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.  

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.  

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.  

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.  

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.