Band 2 & 3 Bank Health Care Support Worker - Trustwide

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Join our Bank as a Healthcare Support Worker!

It's hard to sum up in a few words just how much our Healthcare Support Workers mean to us, but when we asked our teams, the words they used were: Passionate. Essential. Inspiring. Dedicated. Needed. Invaluable. Just think, this could be how you are described when you join us as one of our new Healthcare Support Workers.

You don't need to have worked in care before because we offer a full induction, support and training programme, giving you everything you need to be a fantastic and confident Healthcare Support Worker.

You'll support our teams; deliver fantastic care to all our patients, helping do whatever it takes to ensure our patients receive the very best service possible. Whether you are helping to undertake observations, supporting service users with their personal care, listening to service users when they are distressed, worried, depressed or agitated - you will see first-hand the impact your role makes every minute you are working.

Our hospitals and teams don't close, so as you would expect, we do work on a shift basis - our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so everyone gets involved working different shifts to ensure our patients receive the very best.

The Trust is required to carry out mandatory employment checks. Please bring the original ID documents requested below to your interview if selected.

Main duties of the job

You'll support our teams; deliver fantastic care to all our patients, helping do whatever it takes to ensure our patients receive the very best service possible. Whether you are helping to undertake observations, supporting them with their personal care, listening to them when they are distressed, worried, depressed or agitated - you will see first-hand the impact your role makes every minute you are working.

If you have always aspired to work in your local hospital caring for our patients and working alongside highly motivated teams, then you are going to love this role. We will invest such a lot in you and your development by supporting you, ensuring you stay up to date with all clinical competencies, meeting the government standards for care within the NHS.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

19 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

Depending on experience from £22,383 per annum pro rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

342-BAHCA-1223

Job locations

Trustwide

BA1 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our service users, be rushed off your feet and deliver some very direct care. We dont want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isnt for everyone. That is why we run such a robust interview and assessment process to make sure that you understand the role, as much as we need to assess you to check you have all those fabulous skills, attributes, resilience and the caring nature we need. We cannot wait to welcome you to one of our interview and assessment days to show us what you are made of!

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Previous applicants need not reapply.

Person Specification

application form

Essential

Must have an interest in mental health

Desirable

previous experience in care work

Person Specification

application form

Essential

Must have an interest in mental health

Desirable

previous experience in care work

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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