Healthcare Assistant

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  • Healthcare Assistant
    • Responsibilities in a hospital
      • Help patients shower and get dressed
      • Help people eat
      • Make beds
      • Use equipment to lift and move patients
      • Talk to patients and reassure them
      • Help patients to use the toilet
      • Tidy the ward
      • Take patients temperature or pulse
      • Attend meeting with other healthcare professionals
    • Salary
      • £18,500 and £25,000
    • Routes into profession
      • Level 2 diploma in health and social care
        • 2 or more GCSEs at grades 9 to 3
      • Level 3 national extended diploma in health and social care
        • 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4
      • T level in health
        • 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 including english and maths
      • Apprenticeship
        • Some GCSEs including english and maths
        • Immediate apprenticeship as a healthcare support worker
      • Work
        • Work as a trainee care assistant in a residential care home
        • Qualification can be done on the side
    • Skills and personal attributes
      • Caring and kind
      • Cheerful and friendly
      • Willing to be hands-on with patients
      • Able to follow instructions and procedures
      • Able to work in a team
      • Use their own initiative
      • Good communication skills
      • Organisational skills
      • Observational skills

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