Healthcare Assistant - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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The Mental Health division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust comprises of three directorates; Adult Mental Health, Mental Health Services for Older People and Specialist Services.

More than 2,800 dedicated staff provide vital and integral healthcare services for our patients in a variety of settings, ranging from community through to acute wards, covering a vast geographical area.

We're investing heavily in our staff, facilities and patient care.

As we move into this new chapter, we need a strong, motivated and compassionate workforce to reflect our core values of Honesty, Compassion, Trust, Respect and Teamwork.

There has never been a better time to join our growing team.

We have exciting opportunities across different specialities and services, with an emphasis on career development and progression.

We want to help our staff reach their full potential, and are committed to providing the support, skills and development needed to succeed.

The Intellectual Disabilities Service, Integrated Specialist Services provides specialist NHS services to people for whom mainstream services cannot meet their demands.

We are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join our established Inpatient Assessment & Treatment Team.

The Orion Unit is an 8 bedded inpatient service for adults with an intellectual disability and complex mental health needs and / or challenging behaviours that cannot be met within the community.

We offer specialist support tailored to the individual. Working flexibly, utilising a broad range of models and interventions; within a Multi-Disciplinary Team.

The Unit supports people in times of crisis, difficulty and distress; effectively collaborating between professionals, the person, family/carers and networks that support them.

We work alongside our community colleagues and receiving services.

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to work within the Inpatient Assessment & Treatment Team, based at the Orion Unit at Highbury Hospital, Bulwell, Nottingham.

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.

Healthcare Assistant,Band 3

Orion Unit, Highbury Hospital, Nottingham, NG6 9DR

Permanent Contracts, Full time hours per week

Are you an experienced healthcare assistant with experience with patients with IDD:
Is looking for a new opportunity to work in a team that will help develop you to achieve your goals to become the best you can be?

Would like a role where no two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine?

If so, then the Orion Unit at Highbury Hospital Intellectual Disabilities Service is the place to begin or continue your career.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated healthcare assistant to join our established assessment and treatment team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced healthcare assistant who has an interest in working within an Intellectual Disability inpatient setting.

You will be required to have an NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience.

You will need to demonstrate an ability to motivate the team, show initiative, work as part of a team alongside a ward based Multi-Disciplinary Team working under the direction of a registered nurse.

You will need planning and organisational skills to organise your day to day work tasks or activities to deliver care within the parameters of the patients care plan and give direction to band 2 staff members where appropriate.

You will liaise closely with other health and social care professionals as well as with patients' family and carers, therefore excellent communication skills are essential.

You may be required to assist in the treatment/activities for patients within the inpatient environment under the direction and leadership of a registered professional which may involve accompanying/escorting informal/formal patients outside the ward environment.

You will be working with a highly motivated team that are committed to Personal and Professional development through 'Performance Appraisal & Development' and Clinical Su