About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and caring Healthcare Assistant, who is reliable and flexible to join our ward team here at Burnham community hospital, both part time and full time positions available.
If you have good interpersonal and organisational skills, enjoy a challenge and have a passion to deliver a high standard of patient care, then this is the opportunity for you.
Main duties of the job You will support and assist Registered Nurses, medical team, and wider MDT as a member of the nursing team and under supervision perform a broad range of activities and assigned tasks as required by the patients individualised care plans.
About us
As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.
You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping and leisure discounts.
We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.
Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan, there is truly something for everyone.
Job description Job responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Evidence of Secondary education. Right to work in the UK.
Desirable
care certificate ( skills for care) In house training or prepared to undertake within agreed timescale.
Experience Essential
Basic Information Technology skills. Good communication skills.
Desirable
Previous experience of working in the NHS
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.
Employer details Employer name Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Address War Memorial Hospital
Love Lane
Burnham On Sea
Somerset
TA8 1ED
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)