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Salary for this role£25,760 – £27,476 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 6135, Care workers and home carers. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £33,400 a year.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

The opportunity has arisen to be part of our expanding multi-disciplinary frailty team and deliver care in our Proactive Frailty Care Planning Clinics across the six Integrated Neighbour Team locations in Buckinghamshire.

In our Proactive Frailty Care Planning clinics, we conduct Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) on moderately frail patients to identify and solve problems before things go wrong.

The postholder will assist patients and clinicians within the multip-disciplinary team to enable assessments to take place effectively to provide the necessary solutions to ensure patients can lead healthier, more independent lives.

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant will support patients within agreed protocols and clinical guidelines, working within their own competence as part of a multi-disciplinary team assisting clinicians to undertake frailty health assessments.

To assist the registered clinicians in the delivery of high quality and person-cantered care.
To provide fundamental nursing care, e.g., assistance with personal hygiene, eating and drinking, mobility needs, washing under direct or indirect supervision.
To carry out limited clinical observations and undertake a range of activities under direct or indirect supervision by a registered nurse, having been assessed as deemed competent in the activities required.
To maintain high clinical standards
To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.
To contributes towards the department and organisation in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust.

Key working relationships include all members of the multi-professional team, including nursing and medical staff, allied health professionals and relevant support workers.

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Date posted

07 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-CR8184865-B

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Desirable

oLevel 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
oWilling to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English)
oCare Certificate/working towards

Experience

Essential

oExperience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role.

Desirable

oExperience of providing person centred care.

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

oAn understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy.
oDemonstrates a caring, compassionate and empathetic approach to patient's and colleagues, whilst having a professional approach.
oRecognises how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
oGood verbal and written English communication skills.
oBasic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures.
oAn appreciation of equality, diversity and inclusion and how this influences how care is provided to patients.
oAbility to work as part of a team
oA willingness to provide the highest standards of patient care including personal care.
oUnderstands the limit and scope of their job role and the need to only do tasks they are trained to do.
oKnows when to escalate to a registered nurse when the situation is beyond their scope of practice.

Special Circumstances

Essential

oTo demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
oSelf-motivated
oAble to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
oAble to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.