Location: Birmingham
Salary: £12.32 per hour
Hours: Zero Hour Contract
The Charity
We are St Andrew’s. We are a thriving charity, and our vision is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
We help people to overcome barriers, and we work tirelessly to help people in our care to find hope.
Are you full of curiosity and ideas? Are you inspired to do the right thing every day, living by our CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence?
Then come join us. Let’s transform lives together.
St Andrew’s Birminghamis a 118 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.
The Role
Bank Healthcare Assistants work in our Clinical areas, supporting staff teams in delivering and focusing on our Patients and their rehabilitation, daily activities and care. The role can be quite active and we would therefore require you to be able to cope with the demands of an active post. To join St Andrew’s as a Healthcare Assistant we are looking for the following:
Essential Criteria:
1. Good standard of literacy, numeracy and IT skills
2. Working within a mental healthcare setting will require resilience as it can be a challenging role
3. Undertake personal care (washing, toileting, etc.)
4. Excellent communication skills
5. To be able to follow instructions and procedures
6. To be able to work in a team but use your own initiative
7. Observational skills
8. Able to flexibly support all patients groups and adaptable to any changes in ward environment
Due to the physical requirements of this role and the support we provide to our service users, successful candidates must meet minimum requirements of physical capability, including an ability to sit, stand and kneel for a prolonged period of time as well as the ability to transition between kneeling, sitting and standing with ease.
Desirable Criteria:
9. Experience within healthcare or care work
10. A qualification in healthcare
11. Experience working in a mental health setting
Rewards
We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 41 after 10 years' service; Life cover; Our newly launched Electric Car scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.