Healthcare Assistant
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Worcester, WR5 1JG
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
Are you motivated, enthusiastic and want to make a real difference to patient care? Athelon Ward is a 14 bedded, mixed gender Acute Mental Health ward...
We are currently looking for dynamic, caring,
and innovative health care assistants to make a genuine difference to patients,
and their families, throughout their inpatient journey.
You will assist the nursing team in
maintaining high standards of patient care, ensuring patients individuality and
privacy are maintained at all times. You will assist and participate in
activities to meet occupation and psychological needs of the patients in your
care.
As an organisation we live by and pride
ourselves by our organisational values, which are that we are Caring Ambitious
Responsive Empowering Supportive.
We
pride ourselves on providing high quality person centred care in an inclusive
and individualised manner, and are looking to make further improvement to the
patient experience.
We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development, regular supervision and a wide range of wellbeing and support.
Behave
consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these
on day to day basis.
To adhere
to professional confidentiality standards.
To act in
a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual
beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.
Maintain
high standards of patient care ensuring all patients individuality, dignity
and privacy is always maintained.
For full
details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job
description and person specification attached.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
-
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
-
Flexible and agile working opportunities
-
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
-
Wide range of supportive staff networks
-
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Experience
Essential
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.
- Experience of working in a care environment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Good written and verbal English skills.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of MHA issues.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- I understand that the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role, and employment on a time limited visa doesn't guarantee sponsorship at point of expiry.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Treat patients with respect and dignity.
- Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality.
- Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
- Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.).
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Qualifications
Essential
- Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment, or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
- Management of Actual and Potential Aggression (MAPA) training.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
26 August 2026
Last checked
28 August 2026
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