Senior Healthcare Assistant

Job summaryPlease note this vacancy requires a face to face interview with the Recruiting Manager. Applicants that are unable to attend a face to face interview need not apply. Previous applicants need not apply. If you have previously applied for this role and your application was not successful you will not be considered during the shortlisting stage. The substantive Health Care Assistant Role will be 30 hours a week worked over 4 days 9:00m to 5:00pm. Please see job description and person specification for details of the post. The post is to complement our friendly nurse-led team and to assist the nurse prescribers in providing health care checks and interventions to our clients. Experience of dealing with clients with substance use issues would be an advantage. Main duties of the jobRegrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all of our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form will be rejected from the process. The North East STaRS team have an exciting opportunity to offer a band 3 Health Care Assistant Post. This will be an apprenticeship post Apprenticeshipsin healthcareare effective methods of enabling you to complete qualificationsalongside your substantive role, whilst being supported to attend teaching days and placements as part of your paid role, enabling you to progress through your chosen career and at no cost to you. For example, you could you can achieve HCA to Registered Nurse within 6 years - no cost, no loans, alongside your contracted role and given time in your working hours to attend study days and placements. About usEPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; Season Ticket Loans NHS discounts for staff Excellent Training facilities and opportunities Buying and Selling annual leave scheme The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work Day One Flexible Employer The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment Join our Staff bank What is Staff Bank? Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times. All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish. If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.Job description Job responsibilitiesFor informal discussion about the post please call Kay French on 07795595703 or Gareth Thomason on 01206 710757 The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a one workforce cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants. To support this one workforce model the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our5 day (Monday to Friday) face to face Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall on one of two of the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process. Our HCA Academy Induction programme has been designed to train and support the successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at EPUT and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience. Further information will be provided post interview. This will be followed by an additional 5 day (Monday to Friday) EPUT corporate / mandatory training welcome. (EPUT Welcome will be varied between face to face and virtual delivery).Job description Job responsibilitiesFor informal discussion about the post please call Kay French on 07795595703 or Gareth Thomason on 01206 710757 The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a one workforce cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants. To support this one workforce model the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our5 day (Monday to Friday) face to face Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall on one of two of the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process. Our HCA Academy Induction programme has been designed to train and support the successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at EPUT and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience. Further information will be provided post interview. This will be followed by an additional 5 day (Monday to Friday) EPUT corporate / mandatory training welcome. (EPUT Welcome will be varied between face to face and virtual delivery).Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential Care Certificate or willing to work towards Good standard of literacy and numeracy Desirable Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience Experience Essential Experience or understanding of working within a team environment. Understanding of working with people with substance misuse conditions and an appreciation of vulnerability. Experience or understanding of working with people in a health, social care or community setting. Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients Desirable Experience of working in the Mental Health environment. Skills Essential Has UK Driving Licence Has access to a car for work purposes Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential Care Certificate or willing to work towards Good standard of literacy and numeracy Desirable Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience Experience Essential Experience or understanding of working within a team environment. Understanding of working with people with substance misuse conditions and an appreciation of vulnerability. Experience or understanding of working with people in a health, social care or community setting. Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients Desirable Experience of working in the Mental Health environment. Skills Essential Has UK Driving Licence Has access to a car for work purposes Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer details Employer nameEssex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust AddressEssex StaRs 5a Queen Street Colchester ColchesterCO1 2PG Employer's website