Job summary
Are you a current Mental Health or Learning Disabilities student nurse?
We are currently recruiting to the Temporary Staffing Service and our existing students can now join the bank as a HCA internally. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has an established Temporary Staffing Service which helps to ensure that we meet the needs of our service users.
This vacancy is only open to current Mental Health or Learning Disability Student Nurses who are currently on/have recently been on placement within our services.Any applications that do not meet this criteria will be rejected.
Main duties of the job
Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users, you will have excellent communication skills and will work directly with patients, as part of a wider MDT and will need to demonstrate empathy, compassion, understanding and patience, whilst demonstrating that you can work flexibly as and when the need arises.
About us
The Trust is a strongly value based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.
The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are:
- Respect - listening, inclusive, working in partnership
- Compassion - kind, supporting, recognising and celebrating
- Responsibility - honest, learning, ambitious
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a unique opportunity to fast track onto the bank available only to existing students within TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a mandatory training programme within the first 8 weeks of commencement which will provide all recruits with the necessary skills to work effectively and safely within our unique services. This is approximately 8 days of training for HCAs, this includes 5 consecutive days of face to face training in Positive and Safe Care. It is therefore essential that applicants ensure that they can commit to this prior to applying.
Student nurses must be on placement within the Trust or have recently completed a placement within the Trust as we will need to obtain a satisfactory reference from your TEWV practice placement mentor(s). Please ensure that the placement is listed on your application form and your TEWV placement mentor is on the application as one of your referees (we need references to cover the past 3 years of employment/education/activity). Please also make sure that you list the month and year of your student nurse cohort, expected year of completion of your nursing qualification and when your training was last updated. Failure to do this may result in your application being rejected.
Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a unique opportunity to fast track onto the bank available only to existing students within TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a mandatory training programme within the first 8 weeks of commencement which will provide all recruits with the necessary skills to work effectively and safely within our unique services. This is approximately 8 days of training for HCAs, this includes 5 consecutive days of face to face training in Positive and Safe Care. It is therefore essential that applicants ensure that they can commit to this prior to applying.
Student nurses must be on placement within the Trust or have recently completed a placement within the Trust as we will need to obtain a satisfactory reference from your TEWV practice placement mentor(s). Please ensure that the placement is listed on your application form and your TEWV placement mentor is on the application as one of your referees (we need references to cover the past 3 years of employment/education/activity). Please also make sure that you list the month and year of your student nurse cohort, expected year of completion of your nursing qualification and when your training was last updated. Failure to do this may result in your application being rejected.
Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1)
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1)
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
