Health Care Assistant - Inpatients and FPICU

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking experienced Health Care Assistants to join their Adult Acute Inpatients wards in Leicester. The role involves working as part of a nursing team, providing support for patients' physical and mental health needs. Ideal candidates will have healthcare experience and great communication skills. Full-time and part-time options are available, along with a structured induction and support for career progression. A variety of benefits are included to ensure the well-being of staff.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

27 days holiday allowance

Free onsite parking

Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to problem solve and negotiate.
• Experience of working within a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Support people through their recovery with physical and mental health needs.
• Work as part of the nursing team.
• Deliver highest standards of care collaborating with colleagues.

Skills

Experience in healthcare

Excellent communication skills

Passionate about patient care

Job description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for experienced Health Care Assistants to come and join our expanding teams on our Adult Acute Inpatients wards and Forensic Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit within the Directorate of Mental Health.

Our Mental Health Services provide voluntary and in-voluntary short-term in-patient management and treatment during an acute phase of mental illness, until the person has recovered enough to be treated effectively and safely in the community.

The vacancies that we have are distributed across various wards at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit in Glenfield and the following information tells you a little bit more about the wards :

We currently have vacancies within 5 of our Adult Acute wards and each ward provides care and treatment for individuals experiencing acute mental health illnesses.

Beaumont Ward 22 beds, mixed gender

Watermead Ward 20 beds, mixed gender

Heather Ward 18 beds, female only

Ashby Ward 14 beds, female only

Bosworth Ward 14 beds, male only

Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (FPICU) are specialised wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder, where some individuals present with acute distress and maybe an absconding, suicide, or self-harm risk.

Griffin Ward is a 6-bed female only psychiatric intensive care unit which has a higher staff to patient ratio compared to most wards.

The role of the HCA will be to work as part of the nursing team. It will support people through their recovery with both their physical health and their mental health needs.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a healthcare setting, excellent communication skills and passionate about providing great care to patients.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long‑term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer :

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work‑life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

For an informal chat, please contact Hazel Panton on 07950969422 or email [e-mail]

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Important information about these roles

Please note that the Healthcare Assistants work a rota system of Long Days (12 hr shifts) Day and Night covering a 7‑day working week.

We can offer Part time and Full time posts, however the minimum you will be required to work is 23 hours per week.

These are also permanent roles not bank roles and we are unable to offer sponsorship.

About the role :

We ask that you demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to problem solve and negotiate. We believe all our staff can develop leadership qualities and if you can demonstrate yours, there will be opportunities to nurture and develop them.

The role offers variety, creativity and a collaborative way of delivering the highest standards of care. To do this we are looking for individuals who, like us, believe our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity and Compassion are at the heart of patient care.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6‑month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.