Bank Healthcare Assistant | Nights/Weekends + Training

Priory Group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension enrolment

Access to development opportunities

Refer a friend bonus

DBS paid for

Job summary

Priory East Midlands is seeking a Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the Priory East Midlands site between Nottingham and Mansfield. The role is site based with shift work including days, nights and weekends; a minimum of 6 months experience in Mental Health enhancements is required for night/weekend work.

You will support care requirements, assist with daily tasks, and help maintain a safe, patient-centered environment in a specialist acute and psychiatric unit for adult females.

Qualifications

• Educated to a minimum NVQ 1 or GCSE’s in Mathematics and English.
• Understands the need for strict confidentiality.
• Basic IT literacy.
• Minimum 6 months experience working in Mental Health Enhancements for night/weekend work.
• Strong interpersonal skills and interaction with staff, patients and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Assists qualified staff with patient care plans and routine tasks to support wellbeing and dignity.
• Provides practical support for intimate personal needs in line with procedures and healthcare legislation.
• Observes and reports on patient wellbeing to senior staff or primary nurse.
• Engages in delegated interventions such as Observation and Engagement with Patients, escorting on leave, and de-escalation where needed.

Skills

NVQ 1

GCSE Maths

GCSE English

Basic IT literacy

6 months mental health experience

Education

GCSEs Maths & English

NVQ 1

Job description

Priory East Midlands is seeking a Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the Priory East Midlands site between Nottingham and Mansfield. The role is site based with shift work including days, nights and weekends; a minimum of 6 months experience in Mental Health enhancements is required for night/weekend work.

You will support care requirements, assist with daily tasks, and help maintain a safe, patient-centered environment in a specialist acute and psychiatric unit for adult females.