Healthcare Assistant - Surgical Assessment & Short Stay Surgical

Healthcare Assistant - Surgical Assessment & Short Stay Surgical

Closing date: 09 February 2026

Once trained and assessed as competent, the post-holder will undertake a range of clinical activities under the indirect supervision of registered nursing colleagues.

The clinical work of the post-holder will be supported within a framework of professional guidelines. The post-holder will be required to provide high quality clinical/nursing care to patients as identified by senior staff, they are also needed to assess individual patient care needs and concerns, and to discuss these with medical or registered nurse colleagues.

The successful applicant will maintain accurate records of the patient's care in line with Trust, professional and departmental guidelines.

The main duties of the role of the Health Care Assistant on the Surgical Admissions Ward are to complete observations and maintain patients personal hygiene and support the staff nurses in the bays, working as a team and supporting each other.

The Surgical Assessment Unit is a 38 bedded ward providing care predominantly for general surgical patients. We have just opened a Surgical ESDC and we can take a variety of surgical patients who are assessed and will leave the department with a plan of care. The team have motivated staff who believe in making the patient journey a good experience.

The ward has a reputation for delivering high quality of care with a holistic approach. We work closely with a range of multi‑disciplinary teams, including the Colorectal Nurse Specialist, IBD Nurse specialist, Bariatric Nurse specialist, Outreach, Nutritional Team and Vascular team.

The Surgical Assessment Unit believes in our Trust values; we are a caring, ambitious team, who are motivated to keep up to date with training and development.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

• Can demonstrate an understanding of what is required within the role of a Healthcare Assistant in the care setting
• Can describe the Trust Values and demonstrate how they put these into practice within their caring role
• Previous hospital experience

• GCSE in Maths and English (grade 9
  - 4) (A
  - C) or equivalent OR Functional skills Level 1 or higher
• NVQ 2/3 in Health related subject

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.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust