Bank Healthcare Assistant

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 11 June 2023

Job summary

Do you have a passion for helping others?

Does a role in the NHS, supporting crucial mental health services motivate you?

This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the Forget Me Not Unit in Swandean, Worthing, 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 which has been newly refurbished after four years in planning. Specifically designed with the needs of people living with dementia and their families and carers in mind.

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 be required to communicate with patients, relatives and carers and assisting with clinical duties, including personal care and ensuring infection prevention and control standards are maintained.

You will also undertake personal care duties for service users in hospital, report patient's conditions to qualified staff and document care delivery in patients notes.

You will need to use your strong communication skills, attention to detail and motivation to provide quality care for service users.

About us

The Forget Me Not Unit aims to reduce distress caused to people with dementia or those at risk of dementia who need to be treated in and acute hospital bed. The unit provides a calm, dementia friendly environment with patients being cared for by staff who are competent to meet their needs.

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-CS07

Job locations

Forget Me Knot Unit

Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EF

Job description

Job responsibilities

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Healthcare Assistant in our team you will:

Have a recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
Be fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression
Have experience working as part of a team
Have excellent communication skills
Have evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Have a professional and friendly demeanour

It would also be advantageous if you:

Have experience working within a mental health setting
NVQ Level 2 in care

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact: newstarter@spft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Healthcare Assistant in our team you will:

Have a recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
Be fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression
Have experience working as part of a team
Have excellent communication skills
Have evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Have a professional and friendly demeanour

It would also be advantageous if you:

Have experience working within a mental health setting
NVQ Level 2 in care

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact: newstarter@spft.nhs.uk

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Good communication skills

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Good Communication skills

Desirable

Experience of working within a health or social care setting

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Good communication skills

Desirable

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team
Good Communication skills

Desirable

Experience of working within a health or social care setting

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).

Additional information