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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

About

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire, we provide care to more than one million people a year. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare has a number of excellent training and development opportunities from mentorship and learning partnerships to fully funded apprenticeships, from level 1 through to Master’s degree level. We also have strong research and learning links with the Institute of Mental Health, the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Derby. Collaboration with our Integrated Care System (ICS) partners and the voluntary, community and education sectors are vital to our work.

Contact

Address: Duncan Macmillan House; Porchester Road; Mapperley; Nottingham; Nottinghamshire; NG3 6AA
Contact Number: 01159 691300

Find out more

Jobs Website

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Ref: 186-283-23-BR-B Vacancy ID: 5301647

Bank Healthcare Assistant (Mental Health & General Health)

Closed for applications on: 22-May-2023 08:57

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 22-May-2023 08:57

Location

Site: Various
Town: Nottingham
Postcode: NG3 6AA
Major / Minor Region: Nottinghamshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Bank
Hours: Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank)

Salary

Salary: £10.90 per hour
Salary period: Hourly
Grade: (Band 2)

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health / General Health

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a bank worker, you will have the opportunity to work in locations and at hours that suit you, fulfilling a variety of short- and longer-term roles dependent on your preference and on service needs.

We are recruiting for both mental health and general health care assistants so there are loads of options available for you right now.

You’ll be eligible for many of the benefits of permanent staff, including:

Opportunities to gain experience within a variety of specialist teams
Access to the NHS pension scheme
An NHS badge entitling you to many NHS benefits
Induction and mandatory training
Mental, physical and financial wellbeing support
First pick of shifts across up to 8 different sites
Competitive pay rates (£10.19 day rate, £14.97 Saturday/evenings, £19.76 Sunday/bank holiday)

Working on the bank, your roles and responsibilities will vary according to your placement or shifts picked up, giving you the opportunity for a wide variety of experience. See job description for more details.

Additional Information

The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
Communication regarding your application will be sent via email therefore, please ensure you regularly check your spam/junk folder.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

NVQ II in health and social care, care certificate or equivalent.

Training

Essential criteria

Willingness to undertake training that will enhance service delivery.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working within general health services or a mental healthcare setting.

Desirable criteria

Inpatient

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Basic understanding of the different types of mental health conditions and/or Learning Disababilities/IDD.
Good observation skills with the ability to verbalise observations of incidents or events.
To have an understanding and caring approach to patients