Deadline: 21 June 2026
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year Per annum
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and proactive health care assistant to join the Stroke Unit at New Cross Hospital.
The role includes supporting trained nursing staff with patient assessment and management while delivering high standards of care.
The role is fast paced and requires excellent communication skills along with a team working attitude.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant would provide support to clinicians in supporting assessments undertaking simple clinical and therapeutic procedures such as taking clinical observations, obtaining samples, catheter care and venepuncture as well as responding to ad hoc care requests from patients attending the unit and other members of the MDT.
Qualifications
Essential
- QCF/NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare or equivalent qualification/relevant experience
- Care Certificate or ability to complete within 12 weeks of commencing employment
- Level 2 Maths and English qualification
Desirable
- Food handling Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a healthcare environment
- Able to undertake a limited range of delegated clinical care duties, e.g temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, blood glucose monitoring, urinalysis, wound observations, removal cannula/catheter
- Able to use and update IT systems with patient information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
