Healthcare Assistant – Inpatient Vascular(UK Visa Sponsorship)

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Uk
February 14, 2026
Full Time Permanent
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Job Description

A role where your care makes a real difference

Montacute North Ward is a specialist 22-bed vascular inpatient unit caring for people with complex surgical and circulatory needs. Patients may arrive for planned procedures or urgent treatment from across the regional vascular network.

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be at the heart of daily patient care — supporting dignity, comfort, safety, and recovery. You will work alongside nurses, doctors, therapists, and other professionals to ensure patients receive compassionate, evidence-based care tailored to their needs.

This role suits someone who enjoys hands-on care, thrives in a busy clinical environment, and wants to build a long-term career in healthcare.

What you will do day-to-day

  • Support patients with personal care, hygiene, mobility, and nutrition
  • Assist with safe movement and positioning using approved techniques
  • Observe and report changes in patient condition
  • Maintain accurate records of care activities
  • Support ward routines and multidisciplinary teamwork
  • Help create a calm, respectful, and reassuring patient environment
  • Participate in learning, audits, and quality improvement

Experience in healthcare is helpful — but enthusiasm, empathy, and willingness to learn are equally valued. Full training and mandatory updates are provided.

Working pattern

  • You will be expected to work flexibly across shifts, including participation in on-call duties once appropriately trained.

Skills & qualities we value

Essential foundations

  • Values aligned with compassionate, respectful patient care
  • QCF Level 3 / NVQ / BTEC in healthcare — or equivalent experience
  • Clear communication and teamwork skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced ward
  • Respect for confidentiality and professional boundaries
  • Basic computer literacy
  • Adaptability and reliability

Physical & practical capability

  • Willingness to complete manual handling training
  • Ability to assist with activities of daily living
  • Comfort supporting mobility and rehabilitation tasks
  • Helpful (but not required) experience
  • Acute or community healthcare setting exposure
  • ECG recording, cannulation, phlebotomy, glucose monitoring

Why join this Trust?

Working here means being supported professionally and personally. Benefits include:

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • NHS pension scheme
  • Generous annual leave
  • Career development and funded learning
  • Access to staff wellbeing initiatives
  • Retail and leisure discounts via Blue Light Card
  • Somerset offers a high quality of life — countryside, coastline, and vibrant nearby cities — making it an excellent place to live and work.

Safety, compliance & eligibility

Professional standards and workforce guidance align with national frameworks from
NHS England.

Helpful UK government resources for applicants

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