Health Care AssistantNHS

Job summary

This vacancy is an opportunity for Health Care Assistant to join our existing workforce within the medical division. These posts will be based on Ward 19 which will be extended to 28 medical beds as we head into the winter period.

Within ward 19, we work closely as a multidisciplinary team to provide care and support to our patients who experience a diverse range of medical conditions. Our focus is to ensure the delivery of high quality of care alongside a wide range of treatments, to enable our patients to recover from their acute episodes of illness and achieve the best possible outcomes, enabling timely discharge to the appropriate placements.

Main duties of the job

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Health Care Assistant position available with WUTH.

Job description

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Health Care Assistant position available with WUTH.

About us

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.