About Nottinghamshire Healthcare
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. #WeAreNottsHC.
The Mental Health Division
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 chaper, 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.
The Posts
Healthcare Assistant - Highbury Hospital
We are recruiting for Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to join our Trust within our Mental Health Division at Highbury Hospital. We are looking for candidates that want to make a difference and have the values and attributes that align to our Trust. We are looking for applicants that are passionate about caring and patient focused, enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team.
In this post, you will be assisting with all the activities of daily living, addressing the physical and mental healthcare needs of patients - promoting individual health and wellbeing. Additionally, you will be required to undertake, record and report clinical observations as directed by registered staff. You will be assisting in the treatments and activities for the patients, which may involve accompanying informal patients outside the ward environment.
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Healthcare Assistant - Sherwood Oaks
Sherwood Oaks is a purposed designed 70 bedded Adult Mental Health Inpatient service which is due to open during 2022 on the outskirts of Mansfield. The hospital will have 4 single sex wards and a hospital-based place of safety (Section 136 suite) all providing single person accommodation with en-suites. Sherwood Oaks Hospital will provide high quality care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to people over the of 18 from Nottingham City and County who are experiencing a range of mental health and emotional difficulties.
We are seeking proactive, compassionate, caring and recovery focused Healthcare Assistants with excellent communication skills to join our existing dynamic multidisciplinary teams to be involved in extensive assessments and formulations to support the planning and delivery of patients care. The multidisciplinary teams all work in a wa that is collaborative, evidence based and responsive to people's needs.
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What we can offer you
At our Trust, you will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities, and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits including:
- Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working and job share opportunities
- Promotion of a health work life balance
- Salary sacrifice scheme e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
- Staff discount schemes e.g. discounted leisure centre membership
- Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
- An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
- Support for careers