Senior Healthcare Assistant Apprentice

Job summary
As a Senior Healthcare Apprentice, you will receive training and will work under the guidance and supervision of the team leader/nurse in charge. This means that alongside your study you will contribute to the essential care and support of patients from the outset of your apprenticeship.

You will be support the delivery of a range of personal care duties for patients and a will learn to complete a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of registered healthcare professionals including: assisting patients with personal hygiene, toileting, use of continence aids, catheter care, stoma care, measuring & monitoring patient output, removal of catheters, moving and handling, use of mobility appliances, correct patient positioning, assess pressure areas and skin integrity, ensuring patient safety, taking specimens including blood sugars, taking and recording physical measurements observing patients for changes in condition, carrying out simple dressings, removal of venflons.

In addition, you will contribute to the smooth running of the ward environment by performing various non-clinical tasks. This may involve tasks related to maintaining a safe and clean environment, supporting administrative processes and assisting with general ward upkeep.

Main duties of the job
Being a Senior Healthcare Assistant is a wonderful & really valued role. You will support the delivery of a range of personal care duties for patients and a will learn to complete a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of registered healthcare professionals.

Sometimes the role will be tough, you may see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients, be busy and deliver some very direct personal care. We don't want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isn't for everyone, however, for the right people, providing all kinds of support to our patients to meet their needs will be what makes you thrive.

You will be expected to:

• Support the aims and vision of our organisation
• Act with honesty and integrity at all times
• Be a positive ambassador for the organisation
• Demonstrate high standards of personal conduct
• Set an example and encourage openness and honesty (particularly in reporting incidents and near misses) and will actively foster a culture of learning and improvement
• Value and respect colleagues, other members of staff and patients
• Work with others to develop and improve our services
• Uphold the organisational commitment to equality and diversity
• Take personal responsibility for their words, actions and the quality of the service they deliver

About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job responsibilities

• Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
• Under supervision take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
• Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.
• Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
• Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines as competency is achieved.
• Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
• Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
• Assist with resolving issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager.
• Maintain and develop own competence

Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Previous experience of working in a health care setting
• Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality

Desirable

• Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare

Qualifications and Education
Essential

• Demonstrable numeracy and literacy skills at a minimum of Level 1/Grade D/Grade 3
• Willingness to work towards level 2 in numeracy and literacy Functional skills if not already achieved equivalent.

Desirable

• Demonstrable numeracy and literacy skills in line with Level 2/Grade A*-C/Grade 4-9

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.

Certificate of 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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Closing date
The closing date is 16 November 2026.

Duration
16 months

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
438-PB5008

Employer contact
Apprenticeship Business Manager, Andrew Stone, apprenticeshipinfo@lthtr.nhs.uk, 01257247530

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