Job summary
Are you a caring, compassionate and dedicated individual who wants to make a real difference to people's lives?

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our friendly and supportive teams on Beechwood Ward and Clarendon Ward at The Evington Centre, Leicester.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a physical healthcare setting, supporting patients who require sub-acute care, palliative care and complex rehabilitation. Every day brings the chance to help people recover, maintain their independence and receive the highest standard of compassionate care.

What You'll Do:
Working alongside experienced registered nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll provide essential hands-on care and support to our patients, ensuring their dignity, comfort and wellbeing are at the heart of everything you do.

We're looking for people who are:

• Kind, caring and compassionate
• Reliable and committed to delivering excellent care
• Team players who enjoy supporting others
• Passionate about making a positive impact on patients and their families
• Experienced in health and/or social care
• Flexible with Rota Shift patterns

Please note this is a 24-hour, 7-day service and the role includes a mixture of:

Long days: 7:00am to 7:30pm
Nights: 7:00pm to 7:30am
Weekend and bank holiday working

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking clinical observations and providing clinical care as delegated.
• Supporting our patients in maintaining their health, well-being and independence.
• Providing personal care to include washing, dressing and toileting / continence care.
• Accurately recording patient information.
• Working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.

Essential application criteria are detailed within the Job Description.

This includes level 2 qualification in functional skills Maths and English or equivalent qualification.

Please ensure that you include this information in your application.

We understand that applicants may use AI tools to support their application however, all applications must be personalised and reflect your own qualifications, skills, and experience.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Important Information Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. The minimum contracted hours available are 34.5 hours per week. Please only apply if you can meet this requirement, as applications requiring sponsorship or fewer hours cannot be considered.

Ready to Join Us? If you're looking for a rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:
Sammie Skervin
Sammie.Skervin@nhs.net
07920 331863

About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
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Experience
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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