Health Care Assistant

Henshaws College, Harrogate

Closing date: Thursday, 1st Sep 2022

Salary: £10.68ph/ £19,437.60per annum
Hours per week: 35
Weeks per year: 52
Annual Leave: 25 days plus 10 days bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time/term time)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Harrogate
DBS: Enhanced with child & Adult barring – Paid for by Henshaws
Rota Pattern: Mix of 7:30am-3:00pm and 2:30pm-10:00pm

Benefits: Enhanced sick pay and annual leave, 4 days full pay emergency domestic leave per year, free eye test vouchers, long service awards, access to free of charge independent counselling service, opportunity to buy additional annual leave, flexible work patterns

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Job description and person specification (131.5KB)

Henshaws is a northern charity supporting people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities to go beyond expectations.

We believe that, wherever they are, everyone has the right to an independent and fulfilling life. Our support, advice and training enables people and their families build skills, develop confidence, help each other and look forward to a more positive future.

We are now looking for a Health Care Assistant to join our clinical Team! You will work under the direction of our nurses working to provide safe & evidence based clinical interventions. We offer 24 hour support to our students ensuring a range of complex health needs are met.

Key responsibilities will include:

Undertake in practice competency assessments covering a range of different clinical interventions including but not limited to Gastrostomy, Oxygen, Tracheostomy care, Cough Assist, Non-invasive Ventilation and Oral suction

Carry out delegated nursing interventions in line with clinical care plans, such as subcutaneous injection, Bowel care, INR and Tracheostomy tube changes.

Manage and administrate student’s medication in accordance with policy and procedures.

The ideal candidate will possess:

Hold NVQ 2/Diploma in Health and Social Care

Willingness to assist students with any personal care requirements as needed

Knowledge of care work and what this will involve including understanding dignity and respect

Why choose to work for Henshaws?

We recently asked our staff what made them happy at work… Here are just a few of their comments.

‘I truly believe we make a difference every day and I love the people I work with’

‘Being part of a charity that improves peoples’ lives’

‘Being part of an organisation that does something very worthwhile, seeing colleagues’ dedication to their work and being a part of the team, seeing progress students make, feeling generally appreciated for my work’

‘Good working relationships with colleagues’

‘The students, positive staff, warm environment’

‘Positive working culture, shared values, and having a positive impact on the lives of the people we help’

Closing Date: Thursday 1st September – 12noon 

To gain a full understanding of the role please read the job description and person specification available on-line at www.henshaws.org.uk/jobs or contact the HR department on 01423 814510.

Henshaws Society for Blind People aims to employ a diverse workforce and is committed to equality of employment and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.  This role may require an enhanced DBS check, please refer to the job description for further details.

Registered Charity No: 221888

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  • Section A

  • Employment and Education

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  • Work History

    If you do not have a CV Please complete details of your current and previous employment as requested below: • list the employment in chronological order, most recent first. • Please include your full work history from time of leaving school or College. • include any posts that were undertaken on a voluntary basis.

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  • Education and Training

  • Please give details of secondary, further and higher education, in chronological order, with your most recent qualification first
  • Please provide details of any continuous professional development or qualifications currently being pursued, which is relevant to your application.

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  • Skills and Experience

    Please explain the skills and experience you bring to the role
  • Referring to the person specification for the role, please state how your skills, qualifications and experiences specifically match the criteria. Please give specific examples of any skills, abilities and achievements; these examples may be from employment, education or voluntary experiences

  • Section B

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  • About You

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    Henshaws is a Disability Confident employer

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    Offers of employment are subject to two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your present or most recent employer. Please provide details below of your referees. Please note references will not be sought until an offer of employment has been made. If you are unable to provide two employment references please provide an academic reference. It is against our reference policy to accept personal references; your reference details must be employment or education based. Henshaws reserves the right to approach any employer/ academic for a suitable reference in line with safer recruitment.

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  • DECLARATION

    All of the information collected in this form is necessary and relevant to the performance of the job applied for. We will use the information provided by you on this form, by the referees you have noted, and the educational institutions with whom we may undertake to verify your qualifications with, for recruitment purposes only. Henshaws will treat all personal information with the utmost confidentiality and in line with current data protection legislation. We rely on the lawful basis that processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of Henshaws, to process the information provided by you in this form. Should you be successful in your application, the information provided, and further information which will be gathered at the relevant time, will be subsequently used for the administration of your employment and in relation to any legal challenge which may be made regarding our recruitment practices. For more information on how we use the information you have provided, please see our privacy notice for job applicants. I confirm that the above information is complete and correct and that any untrue or misleading information will give my employer the right to terminate any employment offered. I understand that any offer of employment is subject to the Company being satisfied with the results of series of relevant checks including references, eligibility to work in the UK, criminal convictions, probationary period and a medical report (in line with the operation of the Equality Act 2010).