Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Nottingham, Retford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000

Job description

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistants to support Forest ward-rehabilitation ward.

The ward is busy 24 bedded and you will need to be able to work under pressure at times. You will work with an experienced nursing team on forest ward alongside registered nurses, healthcare assistants, and therapy staff to deliver patient care.

Main duties of the job

1. Promote a 'Can do' attitude within the team, focusing on rehabilitation.
2. Enhance the health and well-being of patients.
3. Improve the patient journey.
4. Empower patients and promote patient shared/self-care where appropriate, focusing on the patients' rehabilitation goals while aiming for discharge destination.
5. Carry out a range of non-clinical healthcare tasks, under the direct supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner.
6. Provide compassionate care, to agreed quality standards and in accordance with Trust values.

About us

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium, and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority, and as such, we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service, and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network, Health and Wellbeing Champions Network, and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Job responsibilities

1. Effective and appropriate communication skills both written and verbal.
2. Ability to complete appropriate documentation accurately.
3. IT skills, basic word, Email, keyboard skills.
4. Manual handling is part of the role and training will be provided.
5. Be able to work as a member of a team.
6. Understand and commit to a caring approach to patients & relatives.
7. Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training within given time frames.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances, the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here.

Person Specification

Physical Requirements

• All appointments are subject to satisfactory occupational health clearance.

Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional

• NVQ Level 2.
• Direct Care experience.
• Good general education.

Experience

• Experience of working with older people in NHS setting or equivalent.
• Team working experience.
• Experience of nursing in older person's rehabilitation or community nursing.
• Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge

• Understanding of role and expectations.
• Insight into effects of ageing.
• Understanding of rehabilitation.

Contractual Requirements

• Flexibility to work early, late, and night shifts as per the service needs.

Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Basic IT skills.
• Basic observations skills i.e. Temperature, Pulse, BP.
• Ability to communicate and support individuals with life-limiting conditions.
• Ability to communicate with patients and carers who may have cognitive impairment.
• Good, clear written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good time and personal management skills.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• The ability to support other colleagues.

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 Name

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£23,615 a year (pro rata for part time)