Job summary
Employer heading
Health Care Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
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Job overview
We are recruiting Mental Health Care Assistants for our Male and Female acute wards based at St Michael's Hospital in Warwick. Experience is not essential however you must be motivated, kind and compassionate with a can do attitude to be successful in this role.
We need people who can offer the flexibility to work across our wards each day meeting the challenges of working shift patterns across 24 hours 7 days per week in very busy inpatient environments.
The post holder will join with all the members of staff who work in the Trust to provide a first class service both to patients and their carers
Main duties of the job
We are looking for keen and enthusiastic people to become part of our friendly and supportive Teams. We are seeking only the best Health Care Assistants, those who really want to ‘make a difference’, with the Trust values at the core of patient care.
Do you feel you could meet our patient's expectations? Do you want to develop your skills, with the backing of a well-developed team and make a difference to the recovery of our patients? Are you seeking an opportunity to join a forward thinking Trust, great career opportunities, excellent training, where you can be challenged but rewarded and provide the standard of care to really make a difference every day – If the answer is yes, we want you to join our team.
Working for our organisation
The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ideally you will have:
NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards
Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy
Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ/QCF Level 3/Care certificate or equivalent qualification or be working towards Good level of general education including literacy and numeracy Willing and able to undertake training including MAPA and Basic life support, food hygiene
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written communications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within mental health services/care setting.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicky Collis
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01926406799
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