Healthcare Assistant | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; Sur place; GBP 21 000 - 25 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with retailers

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Résumé du poste

Healthcare Assistant vacancy at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust seeks a compassionate, patient-focused worker for the Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Edgwick ward at the Caludon Centre. You will provide high-quality care and support to women experiencing acute mental health crises and help implement trauma-informed, person-centred care.

Running collaboratively with nurses and psychiatrists, you will assist with personal care, daily living activities and therapeutic

Qualifications

• Support patients with personal care and daily living activities.
• Assist with emotional regulation and engagement in therapeutic activities.
• Collaborate with nurses, psychiatrists and the multidisciplinary team to monitor wellbeing.

Responsabilités

• Monitor patients’ physical and mental wellbeing, observe and report changes in behaviour or mental state.
• Contribute to individualised care plans and ensure documentation and safeguarding standards are met.
• Maintain infection prevention measures and health and safety procedures while promoting recovery and dignity.

Description du poste

Healthcare Assistant | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

A compassionate, dedicated, and patient-focused Healthcare Assistant working within a Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Edgwick ward at the Caludon Centre, providing high-quality care and support to women experiencing acute mental health crises.

Committed to delivering trauma-informed, person-centred care that recognises the impact of trauma on mental health, behaviour, and emotional wellbeing. Promotes safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and dignity while maintaining professional boundaries within a secure and therapeutic environment.

You will support patients with personal care, daily living activities, emotional regulation, and engagement in therapeutic activities, taking into consideration individual needs, experiences, triggers, and coping strategies.

Works collaboratively with nurses, psychiatrists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to monitor patients’ physical and mental wellbeing, observe and report changes in behaviour or mental state, and contribute to individualised care plans. Uses compassionate communication, active listening, and trauma-informed de-escalation techniques to reduce distress, minimise re-traumatisation, and manage challenging situations safely and respectfully. Maintains accurate documentation, confidentiality, safeguarding standards, infection prevention measures, and health and safety procedures while promoting recovery, resilience, and positive patient outcomes.

Works collaboratively with nurses, psychiatrists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to monitor patients’ physical and mental wellbeing, observe and report changes in behaviour or mental state, and contribute to individualised care plans.

Uses compassionate communication, active listening, and trauma-informed de-escalation techniques to reduce distress, minimise re-traumatisation, and manage challenging situations safely and respectfully.

Maintains accurate documentation, confidentiality, safeguarding standards, infection prevention measures, and health and safety procedures while promoting recovery, resilience, and positive patient outcomes.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust