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Bank Healthcare Assistant (Mental Health & General Health)

Job details
Posting date: 09 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £11.45 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 09 May 2024
Location: Nottingham, NG3 6AA
Company: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6212836/186-029-24-BR-E

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Summary

A Vacancy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


Did you know we pay top of Agenda for Change for our bank workers? Joining our bank also gets you access to Wagestream for free financial support, savings, and the ability to stream your wages ahead of payday!

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and adaptable Health Care Assistants to join the Trust ‘bank’ working in our mental and general health units. This includes providing support to service users in Millbrook Mental Health Unit (NG17), Highbury Hospital (NG6), Sherwood Oaks (NG18), rehabilitation units (NG3 & NG18) Hopewood (NG5), Lings Bar Hospital (NG2), Bassetlaw Hospice (DN22) and John Eastwood Hospice (NG17).

Bank is a flexible form of working in which you can book shifts as and when you want to work, at locations that best suit you. It also gives you the opportunity to work with a wide variety of teams in different sites and services.

Applicants interviewed for this post within the last 3 months need not apply.

Please note: When completing application form, Supporting information is essential.

We are looking for enthusiastic, patient-focused healthcare assistants who are committed to working as part of a busy team under the supervision of qualified nurses.

You will be providing and maintaining a high standard of care, facilitating therapeutic / meaningful activities for patients on the ward. You will be liaising closely with other health and social care professionals as well as patients, relatives, and carers.

Please note: this vacancy is due to close on 11th April 2024, however, we may close early should we reach the required number of applicants.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.


We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.


Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.


We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC

As a bank worker, you will have the opportunity to work in locations and at hours that suit you, fulfilling a variety of short- and longer-term roles dependent on your preference and on service needs.

We are recruiting for both mental health and general health care assistants so there are loads of options available for you right now.

You’ll be eligible for many of the benefits of permanent staff, including:

Opportunities to gain experience within a variety of specialist teams
Access to the NHS pension scheme
An NHS badge entitling you to many NHS benefits
Induction and mandatory training
Mental, physical and financial wellbeing support
First pick of shifts across up to 8 different sites
Competitive pay rates

Working on the bank, your roles and responsibilities will vary according to your placement or shifts picked up, giving you the opportunity for a wide variety of experience. See job description for more details.

Please note this post does not meet salary and or skill level required for a Skilled Worker Visa.


This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024

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