Health Care Assistant - Band 3 (Inpatient Dementia Wards, Nuneaton)

Job summary

Health Care Assistants - Band 3

We are recruiting Mental Health Care Assistants for our inpatient dementia ward based in Nuneaton and we need your help! Previous experience in care and a relevant qualification in care e.g. Care Certificate or NVQ is desirable, and 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 on the 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 a keen and enthusiastic person to become part of our friendly and supportive Team. 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 experience 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.

Please see attached doc for Main Duties

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.