Bank Healthcare Assistant, Springwood

Job summary

Calling experienced Healthcare Assistants with experience of working on inpatient units with people suffering mental ill health.

Are you passionate about mental health care and ready for a new challenge? We are working differently and innovatively to optimise holistic and patient centred care. If you have a particular interest in mental health and want to develop your mental health skills then this role provides an exciting opportunity for you.

TEWV is developing a forward thinking nursing vision and robust defined career pathways. As a Healthcare Assistant you will be experienced in empathetic patient-centred care and want to make a difference in the lives of our patients.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants 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.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience working as and when required for a busy mental health and learning disability Trust. Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment.

Shifts are typically long days/nights weekdays and weekends.

About us

Springwood is a purpose built unit to the rear of Malton Hospital. Candidates must be able to work within this locality as and when required and at short notice where required. This vacancy is for bank shifts at Springwood in Malton only, please ensure you wish to work in this locality before applying.

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

As a bank Healthcare Assistant you will be able to pick up shifts as and when and be made to feel a welcome member of our team.