Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 408-25-570
- Employer
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Health Care Assistant - D.M.E - Ward 21
Band 2
To discover why you should consider applying for a role at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, please watch our video and hear directly from our staff about what it’s truly like to work at WUTH and its surrounding areas: https://youtu.be/Z5oMaNXprn8
Job overview
DME Ward 21 are looking for a Health Care Assistant to join our friendly team and help assist the Registered Nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team in implementing the patients care plan.
Main duties of the job
- Provides personal care to patients e.g. Bathing, toileting, feeding and care of the dying
- Works in accordance to Trust policies and procedures
- Demonstrates own duties to new starters and others as appropriate
- Observes patients and reports any changes to a Registered Nurse
- Take basic patient measurements eg height and weight
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Health Care Assistant position available with WUTH.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience and training of manual handling patients using appropriate equipment
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the importance of promoting patient independence
- Able to provide support and reassurance to patients
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Understand when to seek support and advice
- Aware of personal and professional limitations
- Ability to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- A positive attitude and ability to act on feedback
- Polite, friendly, approachable and self-motivated
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria
- Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Health & Social Care OR A good standard of general education to GCSE level and the agreement to undertake the relevant L2 qualification on appointment
- Completion of the Care Certificate theory and practice standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a clinical environment
- Experience working in the NHS
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sijee Sabumathew
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 678 5111
- Additional information
Sijee Sabumathew (Ward Sister) or Danielle Ormond (Deputy Sister)
on 0151 6047015 or ext. 2286
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