Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 2 Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

Please note this post may close earlier that the started closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Do you want to:-

- Be an integral member of a dedicated team.

- To join a forward thinking, innovative organisation.

- To contribute to the provision of high quality care within the local community.

The successful applicant will be required to work shifts, weekend, nights and bank holidays, over 24 hours 7 days a week We have both full and part time vacancies.

Main duties of the job

Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation Division , within Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, delivers a range of specialist services to older adults. We are currently recruiting dedicated and motivated healthcare assistants to West Heath Hospital and Moseley Hall Hospital, Individuals will be expected to deliver and maintain a high standard of clinical care and to assist in the delivery of all aspects of individualized personal care.

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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-5444983-ASR-A

Job locations

MHH/WHH/IMC

Bimringham

B13 8JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications/training

Essential

  • oEssential Skills - literacy and numeracy

Desirable

  • oNVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
  • oEvidence of vocational or other training relevant to role

Experience

Desirable

  • oRelevant experience of caring for older adults in home/hospital/ care home setting
  • oExperience of working with vulnerable people

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • oCleanliness and Infection control
  • oConfidentiality
  • oPrivacy, Dignity and Respect
  • oUnderstanding of Caring for vulnerable people

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • oGood interpersonal skills
  • oPositive attitude
  • oDemonstrates empathy and understanding to needs of older people
  • oAptitude for learning and development
  • oAble to contribute to and work as part of a team
  • oMotivated to help others and participate in all care activities subject to training and competency

Other Job Requirements

Essential

  • oFlexible and willing to work across wards/sites according to service need
  • oWilling to work shifts across seven days and rotate between day and night duty(subject to flexible working arrangements)
Person Specification

Qualifications/training

Essential

  • oEssential Skills - literacy and numeracy

Desirable

  • oNVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
  • oEvidence of vocational or other training relevant to role

Experience

Desirable

  • oRelevant experience of caring for older adults in home/hospital/ care home setting
  • oExperience of working with vulnerable people

Skills/knowledge

Essential

  • oCleanliness and Infection control
  • oConfidentiality
  • oPrivacy, Dignity and Respect
  • oUnderstanding of Caring for vulnerable people

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • oGood interpersonal skills
  • oPositive attitude
  • oDemonstrates empathy and understanding to needs of older people
  • oAptitude for learning and development
  • oAble to contribute to and work as part of a team
  • oMotivated to help others and participate in all care activities subject to training and competency

Other Job Requirements

Essential

  • oFlexible and willing to work across wards/sites according to service need
  • oWilling to work shifts across seven days and rotate between day and night duty(subject to flexible working arrangements)

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

MHH/WHH/IMC

Bimringham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

MHH/WHH/IMC

Bimringham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Inpatients operational Buisness Manager

leona Rogers

leona.rogers@bhamcommunity.nhs.uk

01214666413

Details

Date posted

24 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-5444983-ASR-A

Job locations

MHH/WHH/IMC

Bimringham

B13 8JL


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