Job summary
? Join Our Team as a Healthcare Assistant! ?
Are you passionate about providing exceptional care to patients? We are currently seeking dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our dynamic team on our busy Medical Subacute Rehabilitation Ward.
You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure outstanding patient care. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills. It will involve a mixture of both day shifts and night shifts to meet our staffing needs.
A pre-visit to Ward 41 is recommended.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
1. Demonstrate good communication skills
2. Must understand basic requirements for individualised personal care
3. Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
Desirable
4. Awareness of Safeguarding issues
Qualifications
Essential
5. NVQ 2 in care or willingness to work towards
6. Educated to a good standard of general education equivalent to GCSE Maths & English level C or above
7. Care Certificate or commitment to achieving within 2 weeks of commencement
Desirable
8. NVQ 3 in care
Experience
Essential
9. Previous customer care experience and life skills
10. Previous face-to-face customer care experience
11. Able to demonstrate clear and robust verbal and written English communication skills
Desirable
12. Previous experience in a hospital setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
13. Able to work flexibly on a varied shift pattern according to the roster including nights and weekends