Trainee Healthcare Support Worker

Looking to kickstart a career with the NHS?

You can, through our Healthcare Support Worker Development (HCSWD) programme.

Acting as your entry point into the NHS, you will receive the training, support, and supervision you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) or more commonly known as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA).

Achieve this all whilst receiving weekly pay, paid annual leave and all the other great benefits NHS Professionals offers our bank members. Once you have successfully completed the programme you will be able to work flexibly at any of our partner Trusts.

Pay Rates:

• Days: £9.50
• Saturdays/Nights: £13.40
• Sunday/Bank Hols: £17.39

We have a unique opportunity to learn on the jobs available at Tatchbury Mount, Southern health NHS Trust over a 6-month paid supervised placement programme. The Units advertising are Bluebird House, Austen House, Southfield and Ashford Unit

During Screening our Recruitment coordinator will discuss with you which unit you are specifically applying for.

About Bluebird House (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, CAMHS)

Bluebird House, and is a specialist, secure mental health inpatient unit that helps young people, both male and female, aged 12-18 years. Young people using our service have complex mental health problems which mean they pose a risk to themselves or others.

About Austen House (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, CAMHS)

Austen House is a specialist, low secure mental health service that helps young people, both male and female, aged 12-18 years. Young people using the service have complex mental health problems which means they may pose a risk to themselves. The unit also admits young people who are detained under the Mental Health Act.

About Southfield Low Secure Unit (Adult)

Southfield is a specialist mental health inpatient service which provides care and treatment for people with a serious mental illness who are aged 18-65 years. Robin ward has beds for males and Starling ward has beds for females.

Ashford unit (All Male Adult)

Ashford is a specialist mental health inpatient service specifically for adult men with a learning disability who have been detained under the Mental Health Ac

Please find out more about the Services at Tatchbury mount on Southern health Trust Website.

What the programme involves…

During our programme you will work through the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate, learning how to meet the daily living needs of your patients as well as being a part of the NHS healthcare team. This includes supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care, from hygiene to personal and physical comfort.

Benefits of joining

By joining, you can receive some exciting benefits:

• Career Progression – Achieve a Care Certificate and begin your journey with the NHS.
• Weekly pay – Work this week, get paid next week.
• Paid annual leave – Build holiday allowance.
• Provide patient care – Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients.
• Join the NHS family – Become part of a healthcare team.
• Dedicated training and supervised shifts – Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.

Typical duties will involve but not limited to:

• To provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care
• To observe report and record changes in the clients physical, mental health and behaviour under supervision of Registered Nurses
• To provide the necessary physical care to clients to help them complete daily living activities ie personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations
• To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, activity, supporting the individual to fulfil these
• To provide social activities, emotional support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries
• To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service users, visitors and the public, by implementing all policies related to health, safety and risk

Who we are looking for…

For this opportunity, candidates do not need any previous healthcare experience.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin ‘compassion in practice’. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment.

Please note that we require:

• You must be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before the planned classroom training week.
• You work at least 30 hours (15 hours is possible, but will take longer) a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme. This is a total of ‘780 hours over 6 months’

What’s next?

• Attendance of Assessment Day – Planned for 21st March 2023
• Attendance of FREE classroom training – Planned for 18th-20th April
• Attend an Induction week (37.5 hours supervised placement) – Planned for May 2023

After the programme

Once you have completed your placement and the Care Certificate 15 Standards, you can work as a HCSW or HCA for the Trust at any of their locations, and at any of our NHS Professionals partner Trusts, through the bank.

As your first step in healthcare with the NHS, this could provide you with the opportunity to progress your career by accessing further training outside of the programme. In time, you could become a Senior Healthcare Assistant. After that, you could then apply to train as an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate, enabling further career avenues such as a Nurse, Podiatrist or Midwife.

Apply

Apply to the HCSWD programme today and if successful, you will be placed onto at least a 6-month full time placement.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.