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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity within Secure Inpatient Services for experienced and qualified Health Care Assistants who currently hold an NVQ / Diploma L2 / L3  in Health and Social Care.

Your qualification must be accredited (officially recognised).  This gives assurance that your qualification has met standards set by external regulators.  The awarding body (examinations board) must be recognised by either Ofqual (for England); CCEA (for Northern Ireland); Welsh Government (for Wales) or SQA (for Scotland).  Some examples of the awarding bodies we use/accept for Health and Social Care are: City and Guilds; NCFE; Cache; NOCN; Pearson;   

You will be required to be innovative, flexible and able to engage service users and their carers. Strong team working principles are essential; you will work with a variety of people as well as work in partnership with a range of disciplines and providers both internal and external to the service.

We pride ourselves in providing a high standard of care within a multi-disciplinary approach and feel we are progressive and forward thinking, seeking to improve our services.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting and challenging role and will afford the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidenced based practice.

We will support you by offering regular supervision, training opportunities and encourage your development and role within this  team on the delivery of Patient Centred Care, support for carers and evidence based practice, working in a whole systems approach with our partner agencies.

Main Duties of the role is supporting the wards in delivering excellent patient care and assisting the Nurse in Charge in completing  nursing tasks / jobs and care rounds / observations.

We are looking for motivated, experienced and flexible working  colleagues to support our inpatient service

•  Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact and 
  Trust Values and Behaviours.
•  Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerable 
  people and their families and carers.
• Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a 
  team.
•  Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
•  Self awareness and committed to continual personal 
  development.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

We want you to be part of Our Journey to Change. This is our vision for where we want to be in five years’ time – it explains why we do what we do, the kind of organisation we want to be and the three big goals we’re committing to over the next five years. 

It’s the result of our biggest ever listening exercise and really importantly it’s been co-created with staff, patients, carers and partners.  

What do we want to achieve?

We want people to lead their best possible lives.

Our values

The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are:

• Respect – listening, inclusive, working in partnership
• Compassion – kind, supporting, recognising and celebrating
• Responsibility – honest, learning, ambitious

Our big goals

We are committed to three big goals:

• To co-create a great experience for our patients, carers and families.
• To co-create a great experience for our colleagues
• To be a great partner

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).  Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply.  If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.