UK Health Care Assistant Recruitment Programme

‘Healthcare Assistant’ is usually given to those who work in care homes, hospitals, NHS Trusts, and GP surgeries. Healthcare Assistants are sometimes referred to as Nursing Assistants and/or Nursing Auxiliary. They are also called Carer, Domiciliary Carer, or Support Worker.

If you are working in an NHS setting, the term Healthcare Assistant is most common. However, if you are working in a client’s home or a social care environment, you might be referred to as care assistants or support workers.

HCAs performs a wide variety of tasks, and a nurse or senior carer supervises them to ensure that they perform their duties correctly. This supervision also prevents them from being asked by doctors or patients to do tasks for which they are not trained.

They assist other healthcare professionals in ways that make caring for the patient easier. Their patient care tasks include washing, dressing, toileting, meal times, and reassuring individuals and their families in times of pain and stress. They help to sustain a person’s dignity and comfort, even when they are undergoing complicated medical interventions.

HCAs fill a vital and respected role in healthcare.

As Healthcare Assistants, you are an essential part of the healthcare team that supports medical staff and patients throughout a hospital, GP Surgery, or out in the community. Your duties will be delegated and overseen by qualified nursing staff, working with you to provide support and care to patients and their families.

Some of your daily tasks and duties might include:

• Cleaning equipment and keeping departments clean.
• Making beds in a ward.
• Assisting patients and ensuring that they are physically comfortable, including emptying bed pans, helping them to the toilet, or helping them get washed.
• Taking basic observations, including temperature and blood pressure, and recording this data.
• Helping patients with mobility issues to move around, perhaps taking them for a short walk.
• Listening to patients and providing an empathetic ear

HCAs who work in a community NHS environment or hospital will often receive additional training. They often learn how to take patients’ temperatures, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level, and pulse. Some even learn Venepuncture (withdrawing blood), giving immunisations, and bladder catheterisation.

Is Being a Healthcare Assistant The Right Career For You?

 To be successful in a career as a healthcare assistant, you must enjoy helping people. Your patients might be going through a sad, frightening, painful, or otherwise difficult time, and one of your roles will be to provide comfort, cheer, and hands-on help and care.

Do you think you have the suitable personal characteristics to be a good healthcare assistant?

What personality traits and skills do you need to be a healthcare assistant?

If you want to succeed in a career working as an HCA, you should possess the following skills and personality traits.

• Be caring, compassionate and kind.
• Have a cheerful and friendly demeanour that puts people at ease.
• Willing to help patients in a hands-on way.
• Able to follow instructions and medical procedures.
• Will to help patients with their personal care (washing, toileting, etc.) in a dignified and respectful way.
• Enjoy working within a team, but have your own initiative.
• Strong communication skills, including being a good and empathetic listener.
• Excellent organisational skills, including keeping your workspace clean and tidy

1. Age: 18-50
2. 5 O’ Levels, including Maths & English (we are flexible on this requirement)
3. Training (Nurse Aide or home-based care training) & First-Aid completed in Nigeria (covered in package cost)
4. Work experience in the elderly care home or looking after an older person in their home and professional references from your employer. (Subject to review)
5. British Council English test – Level B1 equivalent to 4.0 (Test cost included in the package)
6. Interview with our organisation & partners
7. Local police check/clearance completed in Nigeria (excluded from cost)
8. Medical test (excluded from cost)
9. Drugs test – TBA – done after of employment (excluded from cost)
10. Drivers License -for shuttling between home care centres in a semi-rural location.
11. Visa Application – applicants pay fees to the Home office directly.

All the above needs to be obtained before applying for the visa. We only consider applicants who meet criteria 1,2,3,4, 5 & 7.

NOTE:

1. The applicant covers the visa cost in the country of residence (Nigeria for most cases).
2. UK Visa Fees paid to the UK Home Office is non-refundable.
3. Agency fees are non-refundable.
4. Training Fees & Workbooks costs are non-refundable.
5. English Test Cost is non-refundable.
6. Applicants are responsible for their Medicals.

£2,000 – £2,800 per month

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Healthcare Assistants have many career progression opportunities in their line of work. Some people find so much value in their work that they choose to stay an HCA for their whole career. Others use their job as a stepping stone to Band 4 or Band 5 roles.

According to the Royal College of Nursing, there are three main pathways to more advanced roles. Consider upskilling to one of the following:

Nursing Associate: Nursing Associates bridge the gap between other healthcare support workers and registered nurses. This is a Level 5 Apprenticeship. Nursing Associates can go on to complete a shortened degree to become a Registered Nurse.

Nursing Apprenticeship: This is a relatively new pathway, only available in England and Wales. It enables people to train to be a Registered Graduate Nurse by training on the job and being paid during this time. You will reach a band 5 upon completion.

Assistant Practitioner: As an Assistant Practitioner, you will take on more responsibilities than a Health Care Assistant. This is an 18–24 month programme that is paid at a band 3 during training and a band 4 upon completion.