Job summary
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Brooklands Hospital are looking for Healthcare Apprentices!
Brooklands Hospital is a specialist service, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to people with a learning disability.
We are seeking to recruit several Health Care Apprentices to join us in delivering high quality, compassionate care across all our units.
Our Units are for those with a learning disability who have may have offended and require treatment in hospital, the patients may have transitioned down from our medium secure unit or come into hospital directly from the community. The focus of the Units is to provide patients with treatment and learning opportunities which will minimise the impact of their learning disability and other diagnosis. The treatment will address their offending behaviour, through recognising and managing their own risks and equip them with meaningful skills for future life. This will be achieved through providing a therapeutic environment and treatment which fosters trust and encourages self-esteem. A stable skilled team and a defined treatment pathway are essential in achieving these aims.
We need a team that can support in maintaining physical, procedural, and relational security. A team who displays our Trusts Values and puts our patients first.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate may have experience of Mental Health and/or Learning Disabilities and Autism or a willingness to learn, preferably possess Maths and English Qualification and must have lived in the UK for the last 3 years to access Apprenticeship funding.
You will attend classes in Coventry 1 day per week and spend the rest of your hours at Brooklands Hospital site applying your apprenticeship knowledge, skills and behaviours.
You will be learning to support our patients both on and off the units, this may be with daily living skills, activities or attending patient meetings. you will also escort both on and off the hospital grounds.
Our units vary and may include a craft room, on the grounds activities such as horticulture , sports , click sessions, walking groups and the onsite gym.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be working towards the Band 3 job description throughout your apprenticeship under supervision
Complete the National Care Certificate under supervision
Enrol and complete the Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship
Take a role for care delivery under the direction of our dedicated Health Care assistants, our qualified nurse/deputy/unit manager.
Actively encourage patients to become involved in all aspects of their lifestyle.
This includes the monitoring and updating person centred plans.Support patients to identify their own health needs and support themaccessing health professionals and facilities.
Identify and provide practical and emotional support for patients to engage in a range of everyday tasks, which include supporting patients with theirpersonal hygiene needs, cooking, shopping, cleaning, managing finances,budgeting and all aspects of patient engagement.
The post holder will support patients to access and participate in social,leisure, educational and occupational activities within the unit and the wider community. This will involve escorting patients away from the unit following a full risk assessment.
Identify possible risk situations and report them to the manager and follow risk assessments.
To act as a key worker for patients.
Perform and record clinical observations in line with Trust policy.
To learn and have knowledge or be prepared to learn about the CQC requirements within an inpatient setting.
All staff will be trained to an agreed level of managing violence andaggression, accredited Safety intervention training (SIT) Once this traininghas been achieved, the staff member will be expected to respond to incidents such as physical aggression and restraint.
The post holder will be required to use a computer.
The use of routine medical equipment may be required to monitor physical observation as directed by the qualified nurse.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be working towards the Band 3 job description throughout your apprenticeship under supervision
Complete the National Care Certificate under supervision
Enrol and complete the Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3 Apprenticeship
Take a role for care delivery under the direction of our dedicated Health Care assistants, our qualified nurse/deputy/unit manager.
Actively encourage patients to become involved in all aspects of their lifestyle.
This includes the monitoring and updating person centred plans.Support patients to identify their own health needs and support themaccessing health professionals and facilities.
Identify and provide practical and emotional support for patients to engage in a range of everyday tasks, which include supporting patients with theirpersonal hygiene needs, cooking, shopping, cleaning, managing finances,budgeting and all aspects of patient engagement.
The post holder will support patients to access and participate in social,leisure, educational and occupational activities within the unit and the wider community. This will involve escorting patients away from the unit following a full risk assessment.
Identify possible risk situations and report them to the manager and follow risk assessments.
To act as a key worker for patients.
Perform and record clinical observations in line with Trust policy.
To learn and have knowledge or be prepared to learn about the CQC requirements within an inpatient setting.
All staff will be trained to an agreed level of managing violence andaggression, accredited Safety intervention training (SIT) Once this traininghas been achieved, the staff member will be expected to respond to incidents such as physical aggression and restraint.
The post holder will be required to use a computer.
The use of routine medical equipment may be required to monitor physical observation as directed by the qualified nurse.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be willing to undertake the Care Certificate (Learning Disabilities)
- Willing and Eager to complete the Level 3 Healthcare Apprenticeship
- Maths and English GCSE/Functional Skills or equivalent
- Lived in the UK for 3 years to be eligible for funding
- The ability to work variable shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, bank holidays etc.
Desirable
- Have personal or professional experience or knowledge of Learning Disabilities and Autism
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To be willing to undertake the Care Certificate (Learning Disabilities)
- Willing and Eager to complete the Level 3 Healthcare Apprenticeship
- Maths and English GCSE/Functional Skills or equivalent
- Lived in the UK for 3 years to be eligible for funding
- The ability to work variable shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, bank holidays etc.
Desirable
- Have personal or professional experience or knowledge of Learning Disabilities and Autism
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.
