Visa Sponsorship Jobs in UK: Healthcare Assistants at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

A highly rewarding role is currently open to Healthcare Assistants at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. The hospital is offering sponsorship to candidates who will need a Skilled Workers Visa.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the primary healthcare provider for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. With its main sites in Truro, Hayle, and Penzance, the Trust offers a comprehensive range of acute medical, surgical, and specialist services to a population of approximately 500,000.

Employing over 5,000 staff and operating with a budget of £380 million, the Trust collaborates closely with NHS Kernow and NHS England to meet the region’s healthcare needs. As a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Exeter Medical School, it is committed to medical advancement and delivering high-quality care. Cornwall’s exceptional quality of life, coupled with opportunities for professional development, makes it an attractive location for healthcare professionals.

Position: Healthcare Assistant

Salary: £22,816 – £24,336 a year

Job Type: Permanent (Full Time)

Location: Truro, UK

About the Role

Ready for the recognition and rewards you deserve? Be Brilliant with RCHT. They are looking to increase their team of Healthcare Assistants.

A Healthcare Assistant is no ordinary job and it is not for an ordinary person. The hospital needs caring, supportive people who love helping others and can come to work with a positive attitude and a friendly smile. It that sounds like you, then they guarantee you will leave at the end of each shift feeling proud of the work you have done to support patients to feel and be at their best.

Full-time (37.5 hours per week) and part-time hours are available.

Working in the NHS is not all about making other people richer or doing meaningless, boring and unrewarding jobs – it’s real work with real people. It takes flexibility, commitment and compassion, but in return we can offer you a rewarding career where you can really make a difference. The Acute Frailty Unit Is a 18 bedded eldercare ward specialising in frailty.

With strong team working skills, you will be able to demonstrate the values that are important to us, communicating well with both colleagues and patients. We are open to your ideas for how to improve the services we offer; without compromising on quality and always treating patients and team-mates with respect and dignity.

At Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, they are proud of the first class care they provide their patients and to further support this, they are expanding their teams of Healthcare Support Workers / Healthcare Assistants across all departments within the Hospital. You will be trained to complete your Care Certificate which gives you all the skills you need to be a success (aside from your brilliant personality and helpful nature!). But it doesn’t stop there – if you want to progress in your career we can even offer you the opportunity to specialise with specialist skills or take our fantastic apprenticeship to become a nurse. No university fees, no student debts – you can earn whilst you learn! What are you waiting for?

Suggested:

Main Duties: Healthcare Assistants at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Communication and Working Relationships

Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
Ward Leaders and all ward based nursing staff
Matron/Head of Nursing
Educational staff
Infection Prevention & Control Team
Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Consultants, Nurse Practitioners
Medical Practitioners
Patients and their support network

Management and Personal Development

Competently organise and carry out designated workload within scope of role
To recognise the importance of health education and teaching of patients and carers and inform nursing staff where this might be required
To maintain his/her own professional development, attending courses/further training to enhance and optimise his/her role within the work area.
To respect the confidential information, in line with Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust policy Data Protection Act, obtained in the course of work and not disclose this information.

Clinical Activities

Provide and deliver a high standard of clinical care, recognising and meeting the specific needs of patients
With indirect supervision, to manage own clinical workload within the given competencies of the post
To carry out clinical observations on patients, recognising, recording and reporting all changes in patients condition to nursing staff

Administrative

Document and sign for all observations and care given with counter signature from a Registered Practitioner.
To support maintenance of fluid balance and dietary charts, recognising, recording and reporting all adverse findings to nursing staff. IT Systems and Processes
Use of Patient Administration System
Report untoward incidents such as complaints, clinical emergencies, and injury to nursing staff via incident system (electronic system)

Qualifications

GCSE Maths & English, or Equivalent
NVQ 2 in Health Care, or Equivalent
Clinical skills e.g. venepuncture, blood transfusion, aseptic non touch technique
Previous experience in a care setting
Previous hospital experience
Computer literate
Competent in English Language – written and verbal

Desirable

NVQ 3 in Direct Care
Verbal communication/language skills
Computer literate
Competent in English Language – written and verbal
Adaptability to cope with changing workload
Able to competently organise and carry out designated workload within scope of previous training
Able to work in a team environment
Positive and caring attitude Patient centred approach to care
Commitment to imparting knowledge and experience to other

Benefits

Visa 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
You will be trained to complete your Care Certificate which gives you all the skills you need to be a success (aside from your brilliant personality and helpful nature!).
If you want to progress in your career, they can even offer you the opportunity to specialise with specialist skills or take our fantastic apprenticeship to become a nurse.

Required Documents

CV/Resume
Cover Letter

How To Apply: Visa Sponsorship Jobs in UK: Healthcare Assistant at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

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