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Job summary

Main area
General Surgery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 23 hours per week
Job ref
151-VG226
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Frimley Health Foundation Trust
Town
Camberley, Frimley
Salary
£26,240 - £27,928 per annum, pro rata, incl. HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/03/2026 23:59
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Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

As a Health Care Assistant you will work under direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse/Nursing Associate. The care you give to patients will be compassionate, caring, and high quality.
 
You will recognise your abilities and limitations of your competence and only carry out those tasks for which you are trained.
 
As a member of the ward team you will support the other staff, act in the best interest of patients and treat everyone with respect.
 
As a Trust employee you will honour your work commitments, be reliable, trustworthy and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the Skills for Health Code of Conduct. 
 
Please note this is a front facing clinical role where a high level of spoken and written English language is required. Please do not use AI software for completion of your application for this role.
You currently must be in the UK and have current experience of working in a UK Healthcare setting as an HCA.  

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties of the job include:
• Carrying out assigned tasks as part of clinical team in support of registered nurses
• Undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients.
• Always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
• To assist members of the multi-disciplinary team to maintain patient’s fundamental needs and ensure patient safety.
• To carry out duties in support and under supervision of a registered nurse or Nursing Associate.
• To participate in direct patient care and other general duties within the clinical area employed.
• To provide support and leadership to care assistants and assist with a range of both clinical and non-clinical duties.
• To assist with a range of non-clinical duties.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship:
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full role requirement details.
 
Some of the key tasks that you will need to deliver as part of this role include:
▪ Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
▪ Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on own initiative.
▪ Mentor and support new to care and Health Care Support Workers on the care certificate and to be a ‘buddy’ to any new starters.
▪ To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and experience an excellent patient experience whilst using our Trust services, respecting customs, and religious beliefs at all times.
▪ Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
▪ To care for enhanced care observation patients as required, under the Trust’s ‘Assessment, Observation and 1:1 Engagement for General Adults, Children and Young People Policy’. This may involve fulfilling the roles and responsibilities of a Mental Health Care Assistant delivering enhanced care observation, once MHCA related training study days have been attended.
▪ To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
 
Please also note that it is a mandatory requirement, for those who do not have a Care Certificate, to complete a self-assessment form that is attached to this vacancy. Failure to complete and return this document 48 hours prior to your interview will delay the recruitment process or prevent your offer from being issued.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working as a healthcare assistant in a hospital or registered care setting
  • Experience of taking clinical observations
  • Customer care experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in UK acute sector

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of general education e.g. GCSE’s or equivalent Functional skills Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy
  • Care Certificate

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understands the role and remit of Unregistered worker
  • Moderate IT skills
  • Clear and accurate written and verbal communication. Able to communicate respectfully verbally and in writing
  • Proven ability to work within a team as well as on own initiative
Desirable criteria
  • Skilled in venepuncture and cannulation

Special Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Harikala Siuthani
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03006134621

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