Senior Healthcare Assistant, Community Services - Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
Senior Healthcare Assistant, Winslow
Community Services, Nottinghamshire
Salary: From £24,360 plus enhancements
Hours: 37.5 – Full time
Winslow was developed to provide enhanced care for individuals with complex presentations and behaviours that may challenge, who are transitioning away from secure hospital care to a community setting. It comprises six self-contained residential apartments offering independent living within a community-based environment. With an emphasis on sustainable living and vocational skills development, our aim is to enable each service user to transition to successful community living.
Your role
As a senior Health Care Assistant, you will provide support that positively impacts the health and wellbeing of service users within the Division. You will be a highly visible and important front line member of staff within an established team of professionals including: Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists*, Psychologists*, Responsible Clinician* and Social Workers*. Throughout the service user’s journey, you will provide a high standard of care, working in line with the individuals treatment programme.
*community professionals not on site
In addition to this you will support and mentor other HCA’s and be aligned to additional areas of practice as champions or representatives. You will play a key role in designated areas to support and improve practice on the wards.
Your profile
We are looking to recruit senior HCA’s who are:
Passionate
Reliable
Motivated
Interested in making a positive difference
Resilient
Supportive of others
Responsible and committed
Able to follow instructions and procedures
Able to work in a team but use your own initiative
You'll also need:
Communication and listening skills
Organisational skills
Observational skills
Rewards We offer an excellent benefits package including:
Pension
Sickness policy on par with the NHS
Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes
35 days annual leave, increasing to 41 after 10 years' service (including bank holiday hours)
Life cover
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Healthcare cash plan
Free parking
Paid DBS application
Access to free vocational qualifications
There is the opportunity for you to apply to our Aspire Programme, a nursing bursary programme, which could support you while training to be a qualified nurse. Each year we provide the financial and development support for 20 of our employees to gain a Nursing Degree