Job summary
Open the door to your NHS career today. Discover how you can earn while you learn.Join our Healthcare Support Worker development (HCSWD) programme, where you will learn on the job atParklands Hospitalis based in Basingstoke underHampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust over a6-monthperiod.
Pay Rates:
Days: £12.21,Saturdays/Nights: £17.22,Sunday/Bank Hols: £22.34
Main duties of the job
Why might this job interest you?
During your placement, youll work towards achieving the widely recognised Care Certificate with the training you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker(HCSW). Also known as Healthcare Assistant (HCA). Throughout, youll have supportive supervision from your mentor/Ward Manager.
Once youve graduated as a HCSW, you can progress your career by accessing further training. This career path may lead to potential roles such as Senior Healthcare Assistant to Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate, enabling further career avenues such as a Nurse or Midwife.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Parklands Hospitalis a specialist mental health hospital offering a range of inpatient and community services for adults and older people. It hosts several dedicated mental health wards, including units for functional mental illness, organic conditions, older adult care, and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
As a trainee HCSW in Mental Health, you'll learn key skills, such as:
- Taking basic observations, explaining treatment, and updating patient records.
- Supporting patients with everyday activities, including assisting at mealtimes.
- Providing emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
- Monitoring patients physical and mental health and keeping accurate records.
- Supervising patients to ensure their safety, managing common emergencies, and performing risk assessments.
- Working individually and as part of a team, supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care.
- Comply with Trust and local policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Infection Prevention and Control.
The benefits we can offer you in return:
- Career progressionAchieve a Care Certificate and begin your healthcare career with the NHS.
- Weekly pay Access your wages more quickly.
- Join the NHS family Become part of a respected healthcare team and provide patient care.
- Dedicated training and supervised shifts Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.
- Development opportunitiesvia the Trust.
- Webinar support Regular monthly sessions covering the Care Certificate workbook, Conflict Management training and more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Parklands Hospitalis a specialist mental health hospital offering a range of inpatient and community services for adults and older people. It hosts several dedicated mental health wards, including units for functional mental illness, organic conditions, older adult care, and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
As a trainee HCSW in Mental Health, you'll learn key skills, such as:
- Taking basic observations, explaining treatment, and updating patient records.
- Supporting patients with everyday activities, including assisting at mealtimes.
- Providing emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
- Monitoring patients physical and mental health and keeping accurate records.
- Supervising patients to ensure their safety, managing common emergencies, and performing risk assessments.
- Working individually and as part of a team, supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care.
- Comply with Trust and local policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Infection Prevention and Control.
The benefits we can offer you in return:
- Career progressionAchieve a Care Certificate and begin your healthcare career with the NHS.
- Weekly pay Access your wages more quickly.
- Join the NHS family Become part of a respected healthcare team and provide patient care.
- Dedicated training and supervised shifts Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.
- Development opportunitiesvia the Trust.
- Webinar support Regular monthly sessions covering the Care Certificate workbook, Conflict Management training and more.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The Ideal Candidate
- What youll need:
- As an entry level role, you do not need any previous healthcare experience.
- A passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin compassion in practice. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
- To be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before placement.
- Able to work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The Ideal Candidate
- What youll need:
- As an entry level role, you do not need any previous healthcare experience.
- A passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin compassion in practice. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.
- To be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before placement.
- Able to work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme.
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.
