Healthcare Assistant - CAMHS Inpatient Nottingham, England
Job description
Are you looking to start a new career in Healthcare in 2023? If you are a Health Care Assistant currently working in the NHS or the private care sector, or you’re considering starting a career in care, then we’d love to hear from you.
We are seeking to recruit positive, enthusiastic, and compassionate Health Care Assistants to join our team within Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at our in-patient unit, Hopewood, on Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Nottingham, NG3 5FL.
Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting or with people who have experienced mental health difficulties would be preferable, but is not essential. Full training and ongoing support will be given. We welcome applications from those wanting a career change.
We are looking for applicants who are eager to learn and keen to deliver in both performance and patient care, and this role will give you the opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally.
We operate on a 24/7 shift pattern.
Post holders will receive enhanced rates of pay for any unsocial hours worked (evenings/weekends/bank holidays).
We welcome applications from those wanting to work Part-Time or Full-Time and will consider all Flexible Working requests.
We are looking for a enthusiastic, compassionate and highly motivated care assistant to join our teams, in a challenging but rewarding role, to make a difference to the lives of our patients.
Therefore, applicants will need to:
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Be committed to providing the highest standards of care
- Promote and maintain high standards of care through excellent communication, motivation, supervision and role modelling
You will undertake a range of duties to participate in the delivery of care through involvement in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. This includes assisting with all activities of daily living, addressing the physical and mental health care needs of patients, while promoting individual health and wellbeing.
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the supporting documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the shortlisting criteria section of the document.
In return, we will offer you a range of benefits for Making a Difference with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, including:
- Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS Service)
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity and sick pay
- Comprehensive induction and training
- Commitment to career development
- Wide range of training and development opportunities
- Working in a supportive environment
- Promotion of health work/life balance
- Staff discount schemes e.g., discounted leisure centre membership
- Free on-site parking
- An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling Services
- Retail discounts
- Regular support and clinical supervision including CPD opportunities
