Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Inpatient
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts over a 24hr period)
- Job ref
- 354-AC-21237
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oaklands ward - Oaklands centre
- Town
- Chichester
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Oaklands ward is looking for 2 Healthcare Assistants, Oaklands is a 16 bedded mixed sex acute psychiatric ward.
Our hospital vision statement and commitment "Is to listen and to look after each other whilst creating a safe space for everyone" Let's be brave, curious and creative together and be proud of what we can achieve'' We value the importance of supervision and on-going training and development. we always have a senior nurse B6 or B7 on duty to provide additional support and leadership.
Main duties of the job
As a health care assistant, you will be working alongside an established and experienced multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This consists of nurses, healthcare assistants, nursing associates, doctors, occupational therapists, psychologists and the pharmacy team. You will be required to communicate with patients, relatives and carers and assisting with clinical duties, including personal care and ensuring infection prevention and control standards are maintained. You will be required to train in prevention and management of violence and aggression training (PMVA). These posts are ideal for people who are passionate about helping others, who are aware of professional boundaries and practice accordingly. Applicants should be compassionate, caring, sensitive, warm and open-minded.
Working for our organisation
We're a large NHS Mental Health Trust in South East England. We're looking for people to help us provide high quality services for the patients, carers and local communities we serve. We would like to create an environment where service users, nurses, nurse associates, nursing assistants and carers are all leaders and actively involved in making decisions about our services.
We'd love you to join our organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Training: you would be supported and encouraged to go on a number of different training/development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
see job description
We are committed to investing in our staff in order to provide you with further training and development. To help our staff thrive in their roles we offer regular, good quality supervision, appraisals, in-depth training and development opportunities.
Work with the multi-disciplinary team to establish and deliver a therapeutic programme of care for clients. Supporting patient care. To adopt a flexible approach to hours of duty, in order to meet the needs of the service over a 24-hour period. To deliver a high standard of evidence based inpatient nursing care in the designated care group in partnership with the team, the service users and where appropriate their family.
As a health care assistant, you will be working alongside an established and experienced multi-disciplinary team (MDT)..
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience of working collaboratively i.e. with colleagues, wider teams, service users etc
- An understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within mental health services
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills with a good command of written and spoken English language
- Ability to exchange factual information with service users using, reassurance, tact, empathy
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, be flexible around shift work and have good communication skills
- Ability to know when to escalate concerns
- Ability to work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies
- Ability to know when to seek support from team members when working individually within a service user group or in a 1:1 setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vikas Narvekar
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01243 791898
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