South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
Job summary
We have exciting opportunities available to join our Trust as a Healthcare Assistant, band 3 for those individuals who wish to join a leading Mental Health Trust with bases in our newly state of the art built Springfield Hospital at the heart of Tooting, and in Queen Mary’s Hospital (Roehampton) and Tolworth Hospital (Tolworth).
As Healthcare Assistant and you will be able to combine doing a job that makes a positive difference to people in your area, with learning new skills and further achieving qualifications in care and nursing with a structured career pathway helping you to release your potential in healthcare.
What we need from you:
- A positive and caring attitude
- Strong values
- Enthusiasm
- Sensitivity
- A determination to do a good job
- Willingness to learn
- If you have some experience of care work that is great – but if not – and the things above are a good description of you – then please apply
What we will give you in return:
- A good starting salary and the potential to earn more as you learn
- Plenty of guidance and development from your supervisors and colleagues
- The satisfaction of supporting people who really need your care
- Training and development to achieve the Care Certificate
- The opportunity to go on to do further training, such as Functional Skills.
You must have a Care Certificate to be shortlisted, please ensure you add the details in your application.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will form part of a specialised and enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team. Many of the patients who come into the ward have a very low level of self-care and the post-holder will be expected to work with individuals to help the nursing and therapy team. It is expected that you will have a high level of understanding of the effects of disability on occupational performance and provide training and advice on lifestyles changes and adaptations to the client’s social and physical environment.
Career Progression Pathways and Development Opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.
For this role, we offer further career pathways into registered Nursing Associate band 4. In addition, we also offer other various ongoing training, development opportunities and bank work.
About us
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
We are looking for healthcare assistant to work for the following areas:
Specialist Services – Forensic
Acute Service – In-patient ward
Community service – home treatment
CAMHS services
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ – we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.