Job summary
- Main area
- SENIOR HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7226407
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ward D5
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2025 12:00
Employer heading

Health Care Assistant
Band 3
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Health Care Assistant who will join us on our 34 bedded General Surgical Ward – Ward D5. The successful applicant will be expected to work to our high standards of patient care and service delivery. We provide a comprehensive training package in a supporting and welcoming environment.
Our multidisciplinary team, deliver care for patients who are undergoing surgical procedures and medical intervention and specialise in stoma care.
The pace can be fast but job satisfaction is high. Do you fancy a new challenge? We look forward to your application.
Main duties of the job
Includes usual band 3 tasks of taking patients blood pressures, performing ECG's, venepuncture, attending to patients basic hygiene and dressing needs, assist with helping to feed patients (if required), attend to patients toileting needs, whilst maintaining dignity and respect, completing bedside charts in a timely manner and keeping patient track (the electronic patient records) up to date. You will need to work to the Trusts standards and expectations, adhering to the Purpose T, falls, fluid & Hydration and MUST policies amongst others.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
· Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
· NHS pension scheme membership
· Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
· NHS Staff discounts
· Cycle to work scheme
· Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
· Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Good Punctuality
High Professionalism
Always Caring / Compassionate
Willingness to learn & open minded
Always be Confidential
Have an understanding into pre-post operative care
Have some knowledge of the skeletal system
Maintain dignity & respect at all times
Keep the environment clean and clutter free
To work in a safe & cost effective manner
Adhere to the uniform policy
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Functional skills minimum Level 2 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent or working towards.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of support and supervision of junior staff
Essential
Essential criteria
- Working towards or prepared to work towards obtaining an Apprenticeship in Clinical Healthcare
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting Quality Improvement /audits / research and development activities
Essential
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a healthcare setting.
Essential
Essential criteria
- Accuracy and attention to detail
Essential
Essential criteria
- Able to meet the flexible needs of the role and duty roster.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- ward D5
- Job title
- Sr Kerry Brown
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 3956
- Additional information
Ward D5 - General Surgical Ward
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081