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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- Warneford Hospital
- Warneford Lane
- Headington
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7JX
- Contact Number
- 01865 901000
Health Care Assistant
Closed for applications on: 16-Jun-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 16-Jun-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Oxford
- Town
- Warneford/Oxford
- Postcode
- OX3 7JX
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
Salary
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Health Care Assistant
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Do you have experience in Mental Health and want to make a difference in the day to day lives of vulnerable people?
Are you looking to build a career and develop further within Eating Disorders?
We are currently seeking a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to join the function! Step Care is an exciting service being developed by the HOPE Provider Collaborative. The Step Care team will focus on adults with eating disorders who meet the threshold for inpatient care. In some cases, admission will be prevented and in others, people will be stepped down to the Step Care service following a short inpatient admission.
Integrated step care consists of three phases:
1. Starting well
2. Working Towards Recovery
3. Staying well
The model is underpinned by enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) and is fully integrated with community teams and inpatient services to offer a seamless service.
Step Care maximises the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admissions, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care.
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The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Assist the AED Step Care team in delivering a high standard of holistic care to patients in a friendly, respectful, and professional manner.
- Contribute to and interpret care plans accurately and consistently.
- Carry out delegated care tasks including supported meals and skills sessions.
- Assess and promote good physical health and raise any concerns with the Team.
- Assist the team to identify and manage areas of risk in the home environment to safeguard health and safety for patients and their families.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Basic understanding of eating disorders and how they are treated
- Knowledge of mental health disorders
- Able to work remotely and have good IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft teams
Desirable criteria
- Previous DN team experience
- In depth knowledge of eating disorders and other mental health disorders.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social care
- Ability to work as an active and supportive member of the team
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to support & motivate patients
- Ability to work on his/her own, but with supervision
Desirable criteria
- Completion of the care certificate or willingness to undertake level 3 senior health care support worker apprenticeship certificate
- Mandatory Training MHA Induction / Refresher Managing Challenging Behaviour (Post holder will agree to undertake training of all the above as required).
Competence/Expertise
Essential criteria
- Willingness and ability to role model healthy eating behaviour with patients and support as trained/required.
- Demonstrate a willingness to be involved in the induction of new staff
Desirable criteria
- Ability to be resourceful & use problem solving skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a hospital or Mental Health environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of therapy intervention
- Experience of working MDTs
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to prioritise own work with the aid of supervision
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Is flexible and reliable.
- Recognise own abilities & be willing to engage in reflective practice as a means of learning & developing one’s own practice
Desirable criteria
- Ability to organise workload & time efficiently under supervision
- Interest in personal & professional development
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sandra Nelson
- Job title
- Morden Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917505270
No longer accepting applications
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