Bank Health Care Assistant
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 11 June 2023
Job summary
Are you passionate about making a difference?
Does a role in the NHS, supporting crucial mental health services motivate you?
We are looking for a Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team at Langley Green Hospital, where you will be working alongside nursing staff and consultant to aid with the overall day to day activities ensuring the care and safety of service users.
We are a friendly, caring and creative hospital aiming to deliver outstanding care to all of our service users. We want your expertise, values and commitment to create an even brighter future for all of those who use our service.
This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role with lots of progression available to the right person.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, your main responsibilities will be to work with the multi-disciplinary team to establish and deliver a therapeutic programme of care for service users.
You will also be involved in undertaking personal care duties for service users in hospital or a similar setting, as well as reporting on patients' conditions to qualified staff.
You will need to use your strong people skills, attention to detail and motivation to constantly improve the way we work.
About us
Here at Langley Green we have four wards - Amber Ward (psychiatric intensive care unit) Opal Ward (integrated acute ward) Coral and Jade Ward (both acute wards).
You will be supported throughout your career at Langley Green with regular supervision, yearly appraisals, access to training and professional development opportunities. We also provide a wide range of specialist courses with the opportunities to take lead roles on the wards.
We are very active on Twitter so please give us a follow to see all of the amazing things our hospital has to offer. Twitter page: @LGH_SPFT.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key survey results:
- 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
- 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Date posted
21 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£10.90 an hour per hour
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
354-BHCA-NW07
Job locations
Langley Green Hospital
Crawley
RH11 7EJ
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Langley Green Hospital
Crawley
RH11 7EJ
Employer's website
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