Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Healthcare Assistant-Adult Mental Health Inpatients

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Job summary

Are you motivated, enthusiastic and want to make a real difference?

We provide a specialist Inpatient service for adults with mental health needs across 3 inpatient wards. We are looking for you to join our teams at our adult acute wards.

Holt is an acute admission and treatment ward based in Worcester providing inpatient care and Hadley is a psychiatric intensive care unit caring for those who are not able to be managed within the acute admission wards. The patient group for Worcestershire is diverse and encompasses a broad spectrum of needs and illnesses.

Join our teams. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

We can offer you;

Wide range of training courses alongside high quality mandatory training.
Educational opportunities linked to the University of Worcester
Supervision that incudes team and individual supervision, as well as regular line management supervision.
Opportunities to work in a wide ranging Multi-Disciplinary Team.
Opportunity to observe and participate in Schwarz Rounds.

Main duties of the job

The shifts are fully rotational including nights, weekends and Bank holidays.

We are currently looking for dynamic, caring, and innovative health care assistants to make a genuine difference to patients, and their families, throughout their inpatient journey.

You will assist the nursing team in maintaining high standards of patient care, ensuring patients individuality and privacy are maintained at all times. You will assist and participate in activities to meet occupation and psychological needs of the patients in your care.

As an organisation we live by and pride ourselves by our organisational values, which are that we are Caring Ambitious Responsive Empowering Supportive.

We have a Good rating from the CQC and our ambition is to achieve Outstanding!

We pride ourselves on providing high quality person centred care in an inclusive and individualised manner, and are looking to make further improvement to the patient experience.

About us

We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community nursing services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.

We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.

We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.

We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.

At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.

We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.

Date posted

03 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year Pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C9798-4937

Job locations

Hadley Unit, Elgar Unit

Newtown Hospital, Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Holt Ward, Elgar Unit

Newtown Hospital, Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
Experience of working in a care environment

Qualifications

Essential

Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-level, NVQ3) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) training
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Knowledge

Essential

Good written and verbal English skills.
Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA issues.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
Treat patients with respect and dignity.
Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.
Able to work with minimal supervision.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
Experience of working in a care environment

Qualifications

Essential

Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-level, NVQ3) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) training
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Knowledge

Essential

Good written and verbal English skills.
Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.

Desirable

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA issues.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
Treat patients with respect and dignity.
Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.
Able to work with minimal supervision.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.

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).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Hadley Unit, Elgar Unit

Newtown Hospital, Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Hadley Unit, Elgar Unit

Newtown Hospital, Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)