Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This Healthcare Assistant role is based at the Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle, specialising in oncological and haematological cancers. The successful candidate will assist with minor procedures, venepuncture, patient observation, and maintaining cleanliness standards. They will support the qualified nursing team and contribute to a high standard of patient care. Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential for this role.
Key responsibilities
- Assisting with minor procedures and carrying out venepuncture, chaperoning
- Assisting the qualified nursing team as required
- Patient observation
- Ensuring cleanliness standards are maintained
- Supporting patients
- Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
Essential criteria
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
- [contact details removed] emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
- Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
- GCSE in Maths and English at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Functional/Key Skills Level 1)
- Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
- Competent in physical skills - blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc
- Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems - making appointments, registration etc
- Previous experience within speciality
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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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Assistant
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
The Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle specialises in the care of people with oncological and haematological cancers. with two busy chemotherapy suites in North and West Cumbria. This post is for predominantly Carlisle Cover.
You will be enthusiastic and have a desire to develop your knowledge and skills, be able to deliver care to the highest standard and have excellent communication skills. You should be competent in coordinating your day to day workload, able to manage your time effectively , work well as a team member and have excellent communication skills. If you believe you have the skills required to fulfil this role we would like to hear from you.
- Interview Date 28 September 2026
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- Assisting with minor procedures and carrying out venepuncture, chaperoning
- Assisting the qualified nursing team as required
- Patient observation
- Ensuring cleanliness standards are maintained
- Supporting patients
- Team Working and excellent communication Skills
- Please refer to the Job Description an
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