During your placement, you’ll work towards achieving the widely recognised Care Certificate with the training you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW). Also known as Healthcare Assistant (HCA). Throughout, you’ll have supportive supervision from your mentor/Ward Manager.
Once you’ve graduated as a HCSW, you can progress your career by accessing further training. This career path may lead to potential roles such as Senior Healthcare Assistant to Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate, enabling further career avenues such as a Nurse or Midwife.
You will join a 6-month paid supervised placement programme.
Work towards your Care Certificate whilst receiving weekly pay, paid annual leave and all the other great benefits NHS Professionals offers our bank members. Once you have successfully completed the programme you will be able to work flexibly at any of our partner Trusts.
Pay Rates:
Main duties of the job
During your placement, you'll learn to care for people within Mental Health. All whilst working towards achieving the widely recognised Care Certificate with the training you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW). Throughout, you'll have supportive supervision from your mentor/Ward Manager.
As a trainee HCSW in Mental Health, you'll learn key skills, such as:
* Taking basic observations, explaining treatment, and updating patient records.
* Supporting patients with everyday activities, including assisting at mealtimes.
* Providing emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
* Monitoring patients physical and mental health and keeping accurate records.
* supervising patients to ensure their safety, managing common emergencies, and performing risk assessments.
* Working individually and as part of a team, supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care.
* Comply with Trust and local policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Infection Prevention and Control.
Please note that we require:
* You must be over the age of 18 before the planned classroom training week.
* You work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme.
* You have a passion for care and can demonstrate the six enduring values that underpin compassion in practice.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Benefits of joining HCSWD
* Work this week, get paid next week
* Paid annual leave and build holiday allowance
* Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients
* Join the NHS family and become a part of the healthcare team
* Dedicated training and supervised shifts with support from your ward / area and skilled mentors.
About the Trust
You'll be joining an organisation focused on making a real difference to the lives of the people we support, as well as their families.
We also prioritise the health and wellbeing of our staff whatever your skills or experience, there's likely to be a role that suits you.
Whether you prefer working in a city, countryside, or coastal location, Devon offers all three. It really is a great place to live and work.
Job responsibilities
Whatsnext?
* Attendance of Assessment Day - Tuesday 4th November 2025
* Attendance of 4 FREE classroom training days Planned for 24th- 27th November 2025. Plus Safety Intervention Training - Date TBC.
After the programme
Once you have completed your placement and the Care Certificate 15 Standards, you can work as a HCSW or HCA for the Trust at any of their locations, and at any of our NHS Professionals partner Trusts, through the bank.
As your first step in healthcare with the NHS, this could provide you with the opportunity to progress your career by accessing further training outside of the programme. In time, you could become a Senior Healthcare Assistant. After that, you could then apply to train as an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate, enabling further career avenues such as a Nurse, Podiatrist or Midwife.
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Disclaimer
Pleasenote, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Basic English and Maths skills are required, otherwise no specific qualifications are required.
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