Healthcare Assistant (Adult Acute)

Job summary

"As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)"

We are building brand new Acute Inpatient healthcare facilities as part of our Making Room for Dignity programme and have exciting opportunities for Healthcare Assistants to join our male PICU, female Enhanced Care Ward and our current inpatient wards in Derby.

This is an opportunity to join a new wider multi-disciplinary team, supportinga range ofpatientswith complex acute mental health needs. This is an opportunity to have a voice in developingourservices.

Our team supports those with a functional mental health illness. We work proactively with our patient group and their loved ones promoting independence and choice in their care.

Please be mindful that the ward provides a 24 hour, year round inpatient service, so you would need to be able to work shift patterns including, morning, afternoon, weekends, Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays (and nights if needed).

Main duties of the job

Please be mindful that the wards provide a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week, inpatient service.

DHCFT have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated and experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to work within the dynamic Mental Health inpatient services for adults of working age.

Inpatient wards are an evolving service, open to change and developing new ways of working and demonstrate a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers. You will be expected to deliver high standards of person centred care showing empathy, patience and understanding at all times.

In this role you will be actively involved in delivering direct patient care under the supervision of qualified nurses and other members of the team.

As someone who will spend all your time caring and supporting people on the wards, you will be responsible for reporting to registered staff the care you deliver during your shift.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

As a valued member of the team we can offer you:

• Training to make sure we keep you and others safe at work
• Ongoing training and development to expand your skills and knowledge
• Clinical supervision and annual appraisal
• Ongoing support from members of your team
• Opportunities for career development including training for nursing associates.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities