Healthcare Support Worker - Silverwood

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 2 - Healthcare Support Worker - Full Time - Permanent (Multiple Vacancies)

We are recruiting Healthcare Support Workers for our new hospital!

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) is building a new Mental Health Inpatient Service in Chertsey, Surrey. Silverwood will contain four adult inpatient wards and is due to open inAutumn this year. Our ambition is to transform inpatient mental healthcare for our local population.

The new unit will provide 64 beds all with single ensuite bedrooms, two lounges and a dedicated garden for each ward, as well as a woodland area for supervised walks.

If you are looking to work in healthcare, we can offer you a supportive environment that will enable you to fulfil your career aspirations. Our flexible working patterns support an improved work life balance. Free parking is available to all out colleagues working at Silverwood.

We are excited to be recruiting Healthcare Support Workers for our new hospital to help us grow our established and experienced team.

We are holding a recruitment open day on:

Date: Saturday 24th February 2024

Time: 10am -12pm and 12pm - 2pm

Location: 18 Mole Business Park, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7AD

Please click on the Eventbrite link to register for this event!

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Recruitment Open Day Tickets, Sat 24 Feb 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

Main duties of the job

In this vital role, you will assist in all areas of care in accordance with agreed care plans and procedures to meet people who uses our services individual needs. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team working hands-on in a supportive environment.

We will help you develop in your role, through a tailored career pathway which will enable you to progress within the Trust. There are many career development programmes such as the nursing associate apprenticeship training available to our colleagues

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference by supporting people with mental health needs, then we really want to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for those interested to start or progress a career in the NHS as a Healthcare Support worker.

Please note we will be shortlisting and inviting candidates to interview every 2 weeks during this period of recruitment. Alternatively, you can attend our recruitment event to learn more about the roles on offer and be interviewed on the day.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

21 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,575 a year Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-5952126-HOSP

Job locations

Silverwood Hospital

St Peter's Hospital site, Holloway Hill Lyne

Chertsey

KT16 0AE

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on Silverwood please click on the link below.

Silverwood - New mental health inpatient service : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (sabp.nhs.uk)

For a full breakdown of the Job Role and Responsibilities please find the Job Description attached to this job listing.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on Silverwood please click on the link below.

Silverwood - New mental health inpatient service : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (sabp.nhs.uk)

For a full breakdown of the Job Role and Responsibilities please find the Job Description attached to this job listing.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care is desirable but not essential

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as a paid or unpaid carer

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care is desirable but not essential

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as a paid or unpaid carer

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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