Visa Sponsorship Jobs 2025

Health Care Assistant Job Summary

We are looking for a band 3 Health Care Assistant to work with our team at Lambourn Grove, a Continuing Care Unit for people classed as having complex needs.

HPFT is a very supportive organisation to work for and we have have trust values – kind, welcoming, respectful, professional and positive.

Benefits we offer:1. A coaching network where trained coaches throughout the Trust are matched with staff of all disciplines to provide a powerful development opportunity2. Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers3. Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike – saving on tax and insurance included4. Wellbeing activities – from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing. Discounts, including Nuffield Health and David Lloyd.6. Refer a friend to work for the Trust and receive up to £500! (A payment of £250 will be made when the applicant commences employment with us and a further payment of £250 will be made once they hit 6 months continuous service with us, terms and conditions apply).

 

Health Care Assistant Main Duties

Assisting service users with ADLs – washing and dressing, showering, continence needs, eating and drinking, sleeping needs

 

 

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

 

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

 

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

 

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

 

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

 

Then please read on…”

 

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assisting service users with ADLs – washing, dressing, showering, eating and drinking, sleeping

meeting service user`s psychological, social and spiritual needs

 

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Academic qualifications . NVQ 3

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Essential

  • Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response
  • Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
  • Demonstrate good verbal presentation skills
  • Excellent communicator

Desirable

  • De escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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 name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.