Job Overview
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for experienced Health Care Assistants to come and join our expanding teams on our Adult Acute Inpatients wards and Forensic Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit within the Directorate of Mental Health.
Our Mental Health Services provide voluntary and in-voluntary short-term in-patient management and treatment during an acute phase of mental illness, until the person has recovered enough to be treated effectively and safely in the community.
The vacancies that we have are distributed across various wards at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit in Glenfield and the following information tells you a little bit more about the wards:
We currently have vacancies within 5 of our Adult Acute wards and each ward provides care and treatment for individuals experiencing acute mental health illnesses.
Beaumont Ward 22 beds, mixed gender
Watermead Ward 20 beds, mixed gender
Heather Ward 18 beds, female only
Ashby Ward 14 beds, female only
Bosworth Ward 14 beds, male only
Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (FPICU) are specialised wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder, where some individuals present with acute distress and maybe an absconding, suicide, or self-harm risk.
Griffin Ward is a 6-bed female only psychiatric intensive care unit which has a higher staff to patient ratio compared to most wards.
The role of the HCA will be to work as part of the nursing team. It will support people through their recovery with both their physical health and their mental health needs.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a healthcare setting, excellent communication skills and passionate about providing great care to patients.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.
We also offer:
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A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
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Free onsite parking
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Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
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Health and Wellbeing Support
For an informal chat, please contact Hazel Panton on 07950969422 or email [email protected]
