Healthcare Assistant (Adult Acute)

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant in a dynamic mental health inpatient service. You will deliver high standards of person-centred care, support patients with complex needs, and work within a multidisciplinary team. This role offers opportunities for training and career development while making a positive difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Flexible working where possible

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and ongoing training

Good maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits

Health service discounts and online benefits

Incremental pay progression

Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7

Access to LGBT+, BAME, and Christian networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Structured learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or Care Certificate required.
• Recent, relevant healthcare experience needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support for patients who are acutely mentally unwell.
• Engage patients in therapeutic activities.
• Support patients with their activities of daily living.

Skills

Understanding of the services provided

Experience working with mental health needs

Professionalism and boundary awareness

Care and compassion

Ability to work independently and in a team

Experience in inpatient services

Experience with complex needs and high distress levels

Education

NVQ Level 3

Care Certificate

Job description

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Job summary

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route, we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. Please note: without previous NHS Service, you will commence at the bottom of the pay band, which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We are building brand new Acute Inpatient healthcare facilities as part of our Making Room for Dignity programme and have exciting opportunities for Healthcare Assistants to join our male PICU, female Enhanced Care Ward, and our current inpatient wards in Derby.

This is an opportunity to join a new wider multidisciplinary team, supporting a range of patients with complex acute mental health needs. It is also an opportunity to have a voice in developing our services.

Our team supports those with a functional mental health illness. We work proactively with our patient group and their loved ones, promoting independence and choice in their care.

Please be mindful that the ward provides a 24-hour, year-round inpatient service, so you would need to be able to work shift patterns including mornings, afternoons, weekends, Christmas, New Year, and Bank Holidays (and nights if needed).

Main duties of the job

Please be mindful that the wards provide a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week inpatient service.

DHCFT have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, dedicated, and experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to work within the dynamic Mental Health inpatient services for adults of working age.

Inpatient wards are an evolving service, open to change and developing new ways of working, and demonstrate a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers. You will be expected to deliver high standards of person-centred care, showing empathy, patience, and understanding at all times.

In this role, you will be actively involved in delivering direct patient care under the supervision of qualified nurses and other team members.

As someone who will spend all your time caring and supporting people on the wards, you will be responsible for reporting to registered staff the care you deliver during your shift.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate, and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

As a valued member of the team, we offer:

• Training to ensure safety at work
• Ongoing training and development to expand your skills and knowledge
• Clinical supervision and annual appraisal
• Ongoing support from team members
• Opportunities for career development, including training for nursing associates

Benefits include:

• Flexible working where possible
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 and 10 years of service
• Yearly appraisal and ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to LGBT+, BAME, and Christian networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please view the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, click 'APPLY FOR THIS JOB'—this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

• Looking for a new opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive team?
• As a Healthcare Assistant, your daily duties will include:
• Providing care and support for patients who are acutely mentally unwell
• Spending 1:1 time with patients
• Escorting patients off the ward
• Completing levels of observations with patients
• Engaging patients in therapeutic activities
• Completing physical observations and general physical checks
• Working with a multidisciplinary team to modify patient care
• Supporting patients with their activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Providing support to other wards across the unit
• Responding to distressed patients

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

• NVQ Level 3 or Care Certificate issued by an organization based on standards set by Health Education England, Skills for Care, and Skills for Health
• Recent, relevant healthcare experience

Skills

• Understanding of the services provided
• Experience working with mental health needs
• Professionalism and boundary awareness
• Care and compassion
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Experience in inpatient services
• Experience with complex needs and high distress levels

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to identify any previous convictions.

Salary: £24,625 to £25,674 per year. Additional enhancements depend on hours worked.