Healthcare Assistant - Urgent Care
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to work across the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit. The successful candidate will assist Registered Nurses in delivering clinical care and carrying out duties under indirect supervision. The position involves supporting patient care sensitive to individual needs and contributing to resource management. Shifts are 12 hours, including weekends and bank holidays.
Key responsibilities
- To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses
- To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, Practitioner or medic.
- Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual clients needs and wishes, acknowledging their rights and beliefs at all times
- Contribute to resource management within the clinical area.
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 in Health Care, or Equivalent
- Clinical skills eg venepuncture, blood transfusion, aseptic non touch technique
- Previous hospital experience
- Adaptability to cope with changing workload
- Able to competently organise and carry out designated workload within scope of previous training
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3 in Direct Care
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Assistant - Urgent Care
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Successful applicants will be invited to attend an interview at Camborne and Redruth Hospital on the 9th October 2026.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to offer an opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to work across our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit. This will be 12 hour day shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
The UTC and our SDEC are some of the many ways the NHS is working to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time for patients. It aims to benefit both patients and the healthcare system by reducing waiting times and hospital admissions, where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
- To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses
- To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, Practitioner or medic.
- Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual clients needs and wishes, acknowledging their rights and beliefs at all times
- Contribute to resource management within the clinical area.
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