Job summary
Are you
motivated, enthusiastic and want to make a real difference?
We provide
a specialist Inpatient service for adults with mental health needs across 3
inpatient wards. We are looking for you to join our teams at our adult acute
wards - Hillcrest, Redditch, Holt and Hadley(PICU), Worcester.
Hill Crest
and Holt are acute admission and treatment wards based in Redditch and
Worcester providing inpatient care and Hadley is a psychiatric intensive care
unit caring for those who are not able to be managed within the acute admission
wards. The patient group for Worcestershire
is diverse and encompasses a broad spectrum of needs and illnesses.
Join our
teams. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across
Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop
and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional
development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.
We can
offer you;
- Wide range of training courses
alongside high quality mandatory training.
- Educational opportunities linked to
the University of Worcester
- Supervision that incudes team and
individual supervision, as well as regular line management supervision.
- Opportunities to work in a wide
ranging Multi-Disciplinary Team.
- Opportunity to observe and
participate in Schwarz Rounds.
These are permanent
posts for full and part time posts.
Main duties of the job
The
shifts are fully rotational including nights, weekends and Bank holidays.
We
are currently looking for dynamic, caring, and innovative health care
assistants to make a genuine difference to patients, and their families,
throughout their inpatient journey.
You will assist the nursing team in maintaining high standards of
patient care, ensuring patients individuality and privacy are maintained at
all times. You will assist and participate in activities to meet occupation and
psychological needs of the patients in your care.
As
an organisation we live by and pride ourselves by our organisational values,
which are that we are Caring Ambitious Responsive Empowering Supportive.
We
have a Good rating from the CQC and our
ambition is to achieve Outstanding!
We
pride ourselves on providing high quality person centred care in an inclusive
and individualised manner, and are looking to make further improvement to the
patient experience.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS
Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health
services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning
disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people
of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from
over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working
options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and
empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we
were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022
Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We
value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays,
increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced
pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working
opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and
adoption support
- Wide range of staff networks such
as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts and
online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice
schemes
- Health and wellbeing
opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification (e.g., A-level, NVQ3) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g., GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
- Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
- Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) training
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Safety Intervention Level 2 training
Knowledge
Essential
- Good written and verbal English skills.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA issues
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Treat patients with respect and dignity.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
- Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
- Experience of working in a care environment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care outcomes and service delivery
- Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible.
- Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential.
- Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation and continuous development
- Joint working with others, e.g. patients, colleagues in the delivery of high quality healthcare.
- Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification (e.g., A-level, NVQ3) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g., GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
- Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
- Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) training
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
- Safety Intervention Level 2 training
Knowledge
Essential
- Good written and verbal English skills.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA issues
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Treat patients with respect and dignity.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
- Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
- Experience of working in a care environment
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care outcomes and service delivery
- Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible.
- Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential.
- Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation and continuous development
- Joint working with others, e.g. patients, colleagues in the delivery of high quality healthcare.
- Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive.
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.
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
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.
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).
