Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Health Care Assistant

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Job summary

We are recruiting Mental Health Care Assistants for our Male and Female acute wards based at St Michael's Hospital in Warwick. Experience is not essential however you must be motivated, kind and compassionate with a can do attitude to be successful in this role.

We need people who can offer the flexibility to work across our wards each day meeting the challenges of working shift patterns across 24 hours 7 days per week in very busy inpatient environments.

The post holder will join with all the members of staff who work in the Trust to provide a first class service both to patients and their carers

Main duties of the job

We are looking for keen and enthusiastic people to become part of our friendly and supportive Teams. We are seeking only the best Health Care Assistants, those who really want to 'make a difference', with the Trust values at the core of patient care.

Do you feel you could meet our patient's expectations? Do you want to develop your skills, with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients? Are you seeking an opportunity to join a forward thinking Trust, great career opportunities, excellent training, where you can be challenged but rewarded and provide the standard of care to really make a difference every day - If the answer is yes, we want you to join our team.

About us

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Details

Date posted

03 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6422966-CG

Job locations

St Michael's Hospital

St Michael's Road

Warwick

CV34 5QW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Ideally you will have:

NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards

Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy

Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ideally you will have:

NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards

Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy

Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support, food hygiene

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Good written communications

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within mental health services/care setting.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support, food hygiene

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Good written communications

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within mental health services/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.

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

St Michael's Hospital

St Michael's Road

Warwick

CV34 5QW


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

St Michael's Hospital

St Michael's Road

Warwick

CV34 5QW


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Nicky Collis

nicola.collis@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

01926406799

Details

Date posted

03 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6422966-CG

Job locations

St Michael's Hospital

St Michael's Road

Warwick

CV34 5QW


Supporting documents

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