search Browse Jobs
Child & Young People Healthcare Assistant (bank)Nuffield Health · Leicester
Nuffield Health logo

Nuffield Health

company page ↗

Child & Young People Healthcare Assistant (bank)

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-11 Leicester Hybrid Healthcare Medical
💰 Salary 2,400 GBP/mo (28,800 GBP/yr) 📊 Market 1,800 GBP–2,500 GBP/mo

About the Company

Bank Child & Young People Healthcare Assistant Leicester Hospital Nursing Bank Ad Hoc Includes weekend work Up to 15 per hour depending on experience Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) Band 3 to work within the Nuffield Leicester Children's and Young People's Services. This is a bank position. Nuffield Leicester has 8 day-case surgical beds on the paediatric unit. We care for children and young people (CYP) with a wide variety of general surgical, orthopaedic and ENT conditions.

About the Role

ered nurses. There will also be opportunities to work within the Outpatient Departments. As a Child & Young People Healthcare Assistant in Outpatients, you will: Making and changing beds, general housekeeping duties Talking with children and parents to help them feel less lonely and anxious Distracting children during procedures such as blood collection Performing observations and early warning scores and escalating when necessary Documentation of patient care such as fluid balance and observations of temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and respirations Phlebotomy skills and competency for ECG tests, will also be an advantage The main duties will be carried out under the direction of a professionally qualified practitioner and can include the tasks listed above.

Responsibilities

  • ● with CYP. If you are highly motivated and want to make a difference in the lives of children and young people, can work well as part of a multidisciplinary team, can follow instructions, accept guidance and use your initiative, we would be delighted to hear from you.
  • ● Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at 35.00 a month.
  • ● Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.
  • ● Leicester Hospital
  • ● Since 2015 we have invested in a static MRI unit, a new digital X ray room & digital mammography. We are a local centre of excellence for Children and Young People Services. Having a Fitness & Wellbeing Gym in Leicester has led to a close working relationship and the Hospital was a forerunner for the Nuffield recovery plus programme. The Hospital has been rated as a 'Good' hospital by the CQC and achieved this rating across the 5 key lines of enquiry across all departments inspected
  • ● If you like what you see, why not start your application now We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
  • ● It starts with you.