• Job Description

  Req#: C9798-1434?language=en&page=242&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Cromwell house is a 10 bedded and Keith Winter house is 15 bedded, 24-hour Rehabilitation unit part of the Mental Health inpatient recovery services. We support patients with complex mental health difficulties predominantly psychosis. The service has a Recovery ethos and offers a holistic person-centred approach with a focus on promoting optimal social recovery, instilling hope for the future whilst supporting patients in developing coping strategies, empowering self-management of symptoms and an ability for increased independence. The job role will be split over both sites and will be required to work 3 days at Keith Winter house and 2 days at Cromwell house.

  There is a part-time role working 23 hours per week and a full time post available.

  This post requires working rotational shifts.

  Please note; the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

  Main duties of the job

  Put patient care at the heart of the work you do to improve health care outcomes and service delivery

  Deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible

  Be the best you can be, always look for ways to improve and develop to reach your potential

  Encourage others to develop themselves and the service through improvement, innovation and continuous development

  Joint working with others, e.g. patients, colleagues in the delivery of high quality healthcare

  Build positive working relationships, respecting and valuing others, being helpful and inclusive

  Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions both on the ward and in the community

  To work with patients on a one to one and group basis to develop independent living skills and provide psychoeducation to support their recovery pathway

  To carry out enhanced observations of patients/clients.

  About us

  At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

  Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

  We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

  What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

  If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

  We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

  Sharing your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.

  Details

  Date posted

  21 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year pro-rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  C9798-1434

  Job locations

  34 Turrall Street

  Worcester

  WR38AJ

  
  

  Keith Winter House

  Stourbridge Road

  Catshill

  Bromsgrove

  Worcestershire

  B610BJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.

  Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

  Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

  As part of the ward team, support the wards occupational therapist by assisting them to produce the best possible standards of care and practice from within the available resources.

  Carry out assigned duties involving direct patient care in support of and supervised by a registered occupational therapist.

  For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.

  Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

  Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

  As part of the ward team, support the wards occupational therapist by assisting them to produce the best possible standards of care and practice from within the available resources.

  Carry out assigned duties involving direct patient care in support of and supervised by a registered occupational therapist.

  For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-level, NVQ3) in Care or
  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • Management of Actual and Potential
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Good English
  • Can demonstrate an
  • understanding of how to promote
  • independence and facilitate
  • learning in others.

  Desirable

  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge
  • of MHA issues

  Additional criteria

  Essential

  • You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
  • Experience of working in a care environment

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Treat patients with respect and dignity
  • Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality
  • Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
  • Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative
  • Able to work with minimal supervision
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times

  Desirable

  • IT Skills

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-level, NVQ3) in Care or
  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE, NVQ2) in care and will be expected to undertake the relevant level 3 qualification on appointment to post
  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • Management of Actual and Potential
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Good English
  • Can demonstrate an
  • understanding of how to promote
  • independence and facilitate
  • learning in others.

  Desirable

  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge
  • of MHA issues

  Additional criteria

  Essential

  • You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
  • Experience of working in a care environment

  Skills & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Treat patients with respect and dignity
  • Ensure that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and quality
  • Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
  • Good basic hygiene skills (e.g. food handling, hand washing, etc.)
  • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative
  • Able to work with minimal supervision
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times

  Desirable

  • IT Skills

  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

  Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

  Address

  34 Turrall Street

  Worcester

  WR38AJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

  Address

  34 Turrall Street

  Worcester

  WR38AJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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