Healthcare assistants

As a healthcare assistant you are frontline caregivers, responsible for providing essential support to medical professionals. Your duties often involve monitoring vital signs, assisting with daily activities, and ensuring the cleanliness and hygiene of patient environments.

Healthcare assistants play a crucial role in enhancing the overall patient experience by offering emotional support and companionship.

Role and responsibilities

As a healthcare assistant you play an essential role in supporting people's recovery. On the ward you'll be a named point of contact and spend the majority of your time with patients with the full back up of your team. You'll be a valued member of our wider multi-disciplinary team, work in a supportive environment, have access to training and supervision and the opportunity to develop your career with us. There are also opportunities to work in our community teams.

Band 3 healthcare assistants are the backbone of patient care, promoting the smooth operation of healthcare facilities and fostering a supportive environment for both patients and medical professionals.

The healthcare assistant job often serves as a stepping stone if you are seeking to enter the healthcare industry. Every day is different and varied and there's nothing better than getting feedback from the people who use our services about the difference you've made to their lives.

With opportunities for career development and progression, you will acquire valuable hands-on experience and may choose to pursue further education and specialisation in healthcare.

Supporting you to study

You'll be fully supported to study whilst you work to gain the relevant qualification to move you along the pathway from band 3 to becoming a band 4 assistant practitioner. If you choose to continue to follow the career pathway it can lead you to becoming a qualified band 5 staff nurse.

Contact us

Get it touch to see what we can offer you, by emailing dpt.recruitment@nhs.net