Location: Northampton
Salary: From £22,392 plus enhancements
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours)
The Role
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:
* Good standard of literacy, numeracy and IT skills
* Working within a mental healthcare setting will require resilience as it can be a challenging role
* Undertake personal care (washing, toileting, etc.)
* Excellent communication skills
* To be able to follow instructions and procedures
* To be able to work in a team but use your own initiative
* Observational skills
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:
1. Experience within healthcare or care w...