• Job Description

  Req#: C9277-25-0656?language=en&page=6&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Do you want a career where your kindness and care make a tangible difference?Oxleas NHS Trust is searching for compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our acute admission wards teams. You'll play a vital role in supporting adults experiencing mental health challenges, offering them hope and stability during a difficult time.

  Why you'll love working here:o Make a Real Impact: Provide compassionate care and support to patients during a critical time in their lives.o Supportive Team: Join a collaborative and friendly team that values your contribution and offers opportunities for growth.o Develop Your Skills: Access excellent training and development programs to advance your career in the NHS.o Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package alongside the intrinsic rewards of working within the NHS.

  What you'll bring:o Care Certificate and some experience as a Health Care Assistant (or relevant qualifications).o Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team.o A compassionate and empathetic nature with a genuine desire to support patient well-being.

  Main duties of the job

  Acute and Crisis Directorate : Healthcare Assistant (Mental Health) at Oxleas NHS Trust - Make a Difference Every Day

  • To work as directed by a registered nurse.
  • To provide care physical care to patients in accordance with their care plan
  • Understanding the need for and always maintaining confidentiality and security.
  • Adhering to all organisational and ward policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.
  • Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
  • Behaving at all times in a professionally acceptable manner

  About us

  Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

  Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

  Details

  Date posted

  30 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £29,176 to £30,225 a year pa inc

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  277-7242123-AAC

  Job locations

  Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Stadium Road

  Woolwich

  SE18 4QH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Assist patients will all activities of daily living (eating and drinking, movement, physical comfort, personal hygiene and use of toilet facilities).
  • To work at the direction of registered nurses
  • Communicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.
  • Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.
  • Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.
  • Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.
  • Use resources effectively.
  • Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.
  • Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.
  • Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives, including NVQs.
  • Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.
  • Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.
  • Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required.
  • Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.
  • Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • Assist patients will all activities of daily living (eating and drinking, movement, physical comfort, personal hygiene and use of toilet facilities).
  • To work at the direction of registered nurses
  • Communicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.
  • Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.
  • Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.
  • Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.
  • Use resources effectively.
  • Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.
  • Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.
  • Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives, including NVQs.
  • Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.
  • Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.
  • Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required.
  • Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.
  • Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • NVQ Health and Social Care Level 3 - Care Certificate

  Desirable

  • Experience of working on inpatient setting

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working directly with Mental Health inpatient for 1 year

  Desirable

  • Managing challenging behaviour in trauma informed approached

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to or willing to lead on patient engagement group activities
  • Excellent communication skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of leading with patient activities and group work
  • Training and experience in specialist skills such as ECG, Vital Signs, Phlebotomy

  Person Specification

  Education

  Essential

  • NVQ Health and Social Care Level 3 - Care Certificate

  Desirable

  • Experience of working on inpatient setting

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working directly with Mental Health inpatient for 1 year

  Desirable

  • Managing challenging behaviour in trauma informed approached

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to or willing to lead on patient engagement group activities
  • Excellent communication skills

  Desirable

  • Experience of leading with patient activities and group work
  • Training and experience in specialist skills such as ECG, Vital Signs, Phlebotomy

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Stadium Road

  Woolwich

  SE18 4QH

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Stadium Road

  Woolwich

  SE18 4QH

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (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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