Healthcare Support Worker

We are recruiting for Health Care Assistants to join our Trust across our Forensics Divisions at Arnold Lodge. We are looking for candidates that want to make a difference and have the values and attributes that align to our Trust. Previous healthcare experience is not required for Band 2 posts.

We are looking for applicants that are passionate about caring and patient focused, enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team.

We appreciate personal and work commitments are sometimes difficult to manage. We will support people to achieve the right work – life balance through flexible working in full and part time roles to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.

Our Trust offers a comprehensive induction programme and opportunities for continued personal and professional development through ongoing training, education, supervision and appraisals.

The East Midlands Forensic Mental Health Service, Arnold Lodge, based in Central Leicester is a 102 bedded Medium Secure Hospital providing in-patient Forensic Psychiatric Services for adults with Mental Disorder and a history of offending behaviour aged 18 and above. We provide the highest standards of evidence-based therapeutic care, which includes vocational and recreational opportunities.

Arnold Lodge provides the highest standards of evidence-based therapeutic care, which includes vocational and recreational opportunities. Arnold Lodge has been rated by the Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services in 2020 as the joint 3rd best Medium Secure Service in the country.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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We are looking for healthcare workers who are resilient, passionate about nursing and patient centred. Candidates must have excellent communication skills and understand the need for developing positive therapeutic relationships with our patient group. Applicants need to be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a dynamic team under the supervision of qualified nurses.

At Arnold Lodge we value and recognise the contribution of our staff, offering a comprehensive induction programme. In addition, we provide learning and improving opportunities for continued personal and professional development through ongoing training, education, supervision and appraisal.

You must be over 18 and ideally have experience of working with adults, although this does not need to be in a caring environment. You must have a qualification in English and Maths (GCSE, NVQ). You will be required to work on a rotational 24hour shift pattern which includes days, nights and long days.

Please see attached job description for further details on the Band 2 healthcare positions.

At our Trust you will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer including:

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working and job share opportunities
• Promotion of a healthy work life balance
• Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
• Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted leisure Centre membership
• Free on-site parking
• An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
• Support for carers

If you want to be the Health Care Assistant that makes a difference, then we look forward to receiving your application.