Job overview

Are you interested in becoming a substantive (permanent) Healthcare Support Worker at MCHFT?

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are passionate about delivering high standards of nursing care to ensure a positive patient experience. You need to be compassionate and caring and also need to have excellent communication skills and be prepared to work in a busy and sometimes challenging environment.

We have ward based Healthcare Support Worker full and part-time roles available across the Trust. You are required to have a flexible approach to work, as you will be required to work, both day and night shifts, which will include Bank Holidays and weekend working.

Experience would be preferable due to the fast pace of the role, however training could be provided for the right applicant.

We operate a 12 hour shift system, covering 7 days a week and rotate on days and nights. Shift times are 7:30am - 8pm, and 7:30pm to 8am.

Please note that recruitment for this role will follow the process below:

Monday 3rd February 2025 - Assessment Centre and Interviews will be held at Infinity House (if you are shortlisted for this role) you will need to be available to attend in person on this date.  No remote/teams assessments or interviews will be available due to
the face-to-face nature of the role.

Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.  If you are looking for sponsorship please apply for our Band 3 Clinical Support Worker roles.

Main duties of the job

Opportunities have arisen for permanent Band 2 Healthcare Assistants to join an exceptional team of multidisciplinary staff who will work together under the direction of the Ward Managers.

These duties are carried out after training (which we will provide), under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the following tasks:

• Helping patients to wash or shower and dress
• Serving food and, if necessary, helping patients to eat
• Making and changing beds
• Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores
• Talking with patients to help them feel less lonely or anxious
• Helping patients with mobility problems to move around
• Giving out and collecting bedpans
• Helping patients to the toilet

It’s really important to consider that some aspects of healthcare work can be challenging. You will be expected to help patients with personal care and deal with highly emotive circumstances. You will need to be able to communicate sympathetically with patients, and distressed relatives, and care for patients who are very sick.

Working for our organisation

MCHFT  provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.