Healthcare Assistant
7 days ago
The role**:
- **_Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK’s most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?
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- **_Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day?
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**We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant Job Title to join the Salus Ward Team based at Torbay Hospital, Torquay.**
**Salus Ward is a newly developed 16 bedded mixed gender acute mental health ward for working age adults. It has been carefully designed to maximise the use of the space and light to create an open, safe and welcoming environment.**
**Salus Ward will join Haytor Ward as co-located within the South Devon and Torbay General Hospital site. This mental health centre incorporates the older adult inpatient ward, outpatient services and Home Treatment Team base.**
**Torbay is one of the five sites in the Open Dialogue trial (ODESSI - Open Dialogue: Development and Evaluation of a Social Network Intervention for Severe Mental Illness)**
We will offer you the training and development support you need to begin a fulfilling career. In return, you will need to be motivated, flexible and eager to learn.
Devon Partnership NHS Trust is growing as we establish ourselves us as one of the leading providers of mental health services in the country.
Working as part of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, you will make a difference to people’s lives from the moment you start.
£20,330 - £21,777 per annum pro rata (Band 3)
**About you**:You will have experience of working in a challenging and demanding mental health environment and have a sound understanding of recovery and self-management principles. The ability to work well within a team is essential. You will be required to carry out duties as directed by the qualified nursing staff. You will be excited by the opportunity of helping patients to overcome their mental health problems, and recover.
**Please read person specification.**:
- If you do not hold a QCF/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, an equivalent qualification, or the Care Certificate - you will need to complete the Care Certificate within 3 months of commencement of the Band 3 post.- If you have a minimum of 6 months experience in the last 2 years working in a care role, but do not hold the Care Certificate you can complete the form “Care Certificate Evidence Document” from the additional documentation list to evidence that this experience is equivalent to the 15 standards as set out within the Care Certificate. You will need to take this completed form to interview where it will be reviewed by the appointing manager and if you meet the criteria, the manager can approve this in place of completing the Care Certificate.- More information about the content of the Care Certificate can be found at skillsforcare.org.uk/Learning-development/inducting-staff/care-certificate/Care-Certificate.aspx-
**The location
**About us**:Join us at Devon Partnership NHS Trust and you’ll be joining an award-winning organisation that is passionate about mental health and learning disability. One that cares about the people it supports - and one that also cares about its staff.
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You’ll be part of a team that is compassionate and supportive, and genuinely committed to working together with the people who use our services, their families and carers in everything that we say and do.
**Our offer to you**:We recognise our people want to learn and develop, becoming the best that they can be. We offer all our staff a range of training opportunities including a variety of in-house training programmes designed and delivered by experts, and opportunities to access external training where appropriate.
In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits of working at Devon Partnership NHS Trust include:
- Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
- 27 days of annual leave per year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years’ service with the NHS so you can really enjoy what Devon has to offer
- Individual personal development plans and a commitment to ongoing training
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Incremental pay progression
- Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
- Access to our staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Cycle to Work Scheme and reduced public transport rates
- Structured learning and development opportunities.
**Living here**:Devon offers beautiful coastal and countryside locations with a wide range of social & leisure opportunities. This ranges from some of the best beaches in the Country, The Moors, Canals and rivers all of which can be accessed easily via foot, car, bike or boat.
Great place to work. Great place to live
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