Health Care Assistant

Job overview

This is a great opportunity to build skills in hands‑on patient care while supporting people to regain confidence and independence.

You’ll work as part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, helping patients in the Rehabilitation and Intermediate Care Service. Your support will make everyday activities safer and easier for people recovering from illness or injury. You’ll follow individual care plans and help create a calm, respectful environment where patients feel encouraged and understood.

Main duties of the job

What you’ll do:

• Provide personal and clinical care in line with each patient’s care plan
• Record observations such as blood pressure, pulse and blood glucose
• Support safe moving and handling and help patients with daily activities
• Keep patient information accurate on the Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
• Prepare equipment, maintain stock levels and assist with basic admin tasks

What we’re looking for:

You’ll bring kindness, patience and good communication skills. You might have worked in health, homecare or social care before, or gained caring experience elsewhere. You’ll need a Level 2 qualification (or equivalent experience) in Adult Health and Social Care and be willing to complete the Care Certificate. We welcome people who can work well in a team, stay calm during challenging moments and organise their own workload. Training, supervision and support will be provided.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value fairness, respect and inclusion in everything we do.

Working for our organisation

At CHCP, we’re passionate about people, we recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected, and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.

Work with us and you’ll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders, and their thoughts and opinions are always heard; at CHCP you have a real voice. 

Compassion is at the heart of our business; our colleagues work together to deliver first class healthcare to thousands of people. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that’s why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we’ll support you to thrive.

CHCP CIC employees have access to an excellent range of benefits; for further information, please click on the ‘CHCP Perks and Rewards’ link.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities associated to the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Level 2 qualification or equivalent level of experience in Adult Health and Social Care
• Hold Care Certificate or willingness to complete within induction period.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of working in a health care environment

Desirable criteria

• Good understanding of basic IT skills

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience of working with patients in a healthcare, homecare or care home setting
• Experience of prioritising own workload

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC)is an independent, co-owned Community Interest Company providing high quality local health and care services at several sites across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Knowsley and St Helens.

Commissioned by the NHS and local authorities, we are a socially responsible business. Our profits are re-invested into our services, our staff, and the communities we work in. We employ nearly 2,500 people and have over 1.7 million patient contacts each year across more than 50 different services.

Our vision is to lead and inspire through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all that we do, and we are looking for exceptional people to work with us to provide the highest possible care to the people who use our services.

For more information on CHCP and what we have to offer, please visit our website.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. Should you have started the application at this point and require additional time to complete it, please contact us for support.

We acknowledge some candidates may use AI to support their application, however it is essential that your application accurately reflects your skills, knowledge, and experience and this will be validated via the interview and clearance process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

Please be aware we reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Nicola Thompson

Job title

Registered Manager

Email address

View email address on chcpcic.org.uk

Telephone number

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