Health Care Assistant - Mental Health Older People

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leicester is looking for motivated Health Care Assistants to join their Mental Health Service for Older People. Candidates should possess prior healthcare experience and demonstrate strong communication skills. The role involves supporting patients with their recovery and working collaboratively with nurses. This is a permanent position with available part-time and full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a healthcare setting is required.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team and provide excellent patient care.

Responsibilities

• Support patients through their recovery by addressing mental and physical health needs.
• Work closely with the nursing team to deliver high-quality care.
• Ensure the wellbeing of vulnerable patients in a mental health ward.

Skills

Experience in healthcare

Excellent communication skills

Ability to problem solve

Job description

Health Care Assistant - Mental Health Older People

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 have an excellent opportunity for experienced Health Care Assistants to join our team within the Mental Health Service for Older people (MHSOP) on Gwendolen Ward.

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

Based on the Leicester General Hospital site, the Evington Centre has 2 mental health wards: Gwendolen Ward (Male Patients) and Coleman Ward (Female Patients).

Gwendolen Ward is a 19-bedded organic acute ward for males aged 65 and above, also catering to younger patients who may have cognitive impairment. On the ward, we work to support gentleman presenting with complex mental health conditions and physical co-morbidities, offering opportunity for our nurses to provide invaluable care to vulnerable people; in turn offering a sense of real fulfilment.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop new skills under a nurturing team where you will be able to make a real difference to people's lives.The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a healthcare setting, excellent communication skills and passionate about providing great care to patients.

Main duties of the job

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 candidates will require their own right to work in the UK as 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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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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 name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital

Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital