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.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
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.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Skills - literacy and numeracy
- NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of vocational or other training relevant to role
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of caring for vulnerable adults in home/hospital/ care home setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Cleanliness and Infection control
- Confidentiality
- Privacy, Dignity and Respect
- Understanding of Caring for vulnerable people
Desirable
- Understanding of health conditions for example Dementia, mental health, learning disabilities and delirium
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude
- Demonstrates empathy and understanding to needs of older people
- Motivated to help others and participate in all care activities subject to training and competency
- Able to contribute to and work as part of a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Skills - literacy and numeracy
- NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
Desirable
- Evidence of vocational or other training relevant to role
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of caring for vulnerable adults in home/hospital/ care home setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Cleanliness and Infection control
- Confidentiality
- Privacy, Dignity and Respect
- Understanding of Caring for vulnerable people
Desirable
- Understanding of health conditions for example Dementia, mental health, learning disabilities and delirium
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills
- Positive attitude
- Demonstrates empathy and understanding to needs of older people
- Motivated to help others and participate in all care activities subject to training and competency
- Able to contribute to and work as part of a team
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.
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
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.
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).
