Healthcare Assistant - Opal ward

TN United Kingdom; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

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Healthcare Assistant - Opal ward, Aylesbury

Client:

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

71500911278f

Job Views:

3

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

Are you looking to step into a Healthcare environment? Or are you seeking to expand your skillset in an in-patient environment?

We are looking for Healthcare Assistants to work in our mixed Rehabilitation inpatient ward, Opal ward at our Aylesbury Site.

Opal ward is a 20 bedded mixed ward including a Hospital Based Place of Safety (HBPOS). We provide care and treatment for patients experiencing chronic mental and physical health problems.

Within this role you can progress onto becoming a qualified nurse or join the trust's apprenticeship framework and benefit from a fully funded university course.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant, the principal responsibilities are:

• To conduct assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of patients under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
• To report to the qualified staff any observations made while providing care and support to patients during activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
• To collaborate with patients on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.
• You must have excellent communication skills, be dependable, punctual, and work well in a team, while remaining focused on providing a person-centred and recovery approach to care and treatment.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase the best of yourself when making an application, you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained, particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Experience

• Previous Mental Health Experience

Skills

• Caring nature
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.