Job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic healthcare assistants within our secure inpatinet service based at Roseberry Park Hospital.

The successful candidate must have completed the Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2 or equivalent. Candidates must also have Literacy and Numeracy level 2 or equivalent and must complete the Trust Healthcare Assistant competencies within their probationary period (first 6 months in role).

Your qualification must be accredited (officially recognised). This gives assurance that your qualification has met standards set by external regulators. The awarding body (examinations board) must be recognised by either Ofqual (for England); CCEA (for Northern Ireland); Welsh Government (for Wales) or SQA (for Scotland). Some examples of the awarding bodies we use/accept for Health and Social Care are: City and Guilds; NCFE; Cache; NOCN; Pearson

Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services is seeking diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic individuals to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the recovery, rehabilitation, and empowerment of our service users.

We provide specialist care for adults with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism delivering individualised, comprehensive care packages within both Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings alongside wider teams.

Main duties of the job

As part of your role, you may be required to work across any of our care pathways, supporting both male and female service users. This offers a varied, rewarding experience while developing a broad skill set within secure care.

Please be advised, if shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a mandatory face-to-face assessment / interview.

This is an exciting and challenging role and will afford the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidenced based practice.

We will support you by offering regular supervision, training opportunities and encourage your development and role within this team on the delivery of Patient Centred Care, support for carers and evidence based practice, working in a whole systems approach with our partner agencies.

Main Duties of the role is supporting the wards in delivering excellent patient care and assisting the Nurse in Charge in completing nursing tasks / jobs and care rounds / observations.

We are looking for motivated, experienced and flexible working colleagues to support our inpatient service

• Able to work in accordance with the Staff Compact andTrust Values and Behaviours.
• Compassionate in meeting the needs of vulnerablepeople and their families and carers.
• Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of ateam.
• Committed to continual quality and service improvement.
• Self-awareness and committed to continual personaldevelopment.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.