Role Summary
The job is designed to introduce staff who have little or no experience of caring work, but who demonstrate the values of the organisation and are passionate about patient care. Healthcare assistants provide hands‑on personalised care to service users, always under supervision, with the support of more senior staff. You will use your skills to create safety, support emotional regulation, reframe frustrating behaviours, and reflect on your own practice. The post holder will gain clinical experience under close and supportive supervision, ensuring service users and carers receive care from people with the right values. This role is a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant for the Forensic Inpatient Directorate (Bracton Centre and Memorial Hospital).
Key Responsibilities
* Provide hands‑on personalised care to service users under supervision.
* Create safety and support emotional regulation for patients.
* Reframe frustrating behaviours and reflect on own practice.
* Support the delivery of high‑quality care in a forensic setting, facilitating patient choice where possible, and promoting collaboration and transparency.
* Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively to manage clinical and risk issues on the ward.
Qualifications & Attributes
* Positive attitude to mental health, recovery, and social inclusion.
* Dynamic, compassionate, and curious about how adversity and trauma impact patient behaviours, functioning, clinical presentations and engagement.
* Willingness to learn and develop trauma‑responsive practices that avoid causing further harm and promote engagement.
* Ability to work under close supervision and in a team with psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers, medics and administrators.
Our Core Values
* We're Kind
* We're Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
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