Health Care Assistant - ApprenticeshipNHS

Job summary

Healthcare Assistant Apprentice - Brooklands Hospital Start your career in health and social care Are you caring, compassionate and looking for a career where you can make a real difference?

Brooklands Hospital is looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant Apprentices to join our team and work towards a Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship.

This is a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn, gaining hands-on experience in a specialist hospital supporting people with learning disabilities and autism, while developing the skills and knowledge you need for a rewarding career in health and social care.

You don't need previous healthcare experience. We are looking for people who are:

• Caring, compassionate and respectful.
• Reliable and willing to learn.
• Positive and committed to developing their skills.
• Able to work well as part of a team.
• Passionate about supporting others and making a difference.

As part of your apprenticeship, you will receive support from experienced colleagues and complete off-the-job learning within your paid working hours.

Brooklands provides care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so you will need to be able to work a range of shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

As an apprentice Healthcare Assistant at Brooklands Hospital, you will work as part of a team supporting people with learning disabilities and autism. Your duties will include:

• Supporting people with their daily living needs, promoting independence, dignity and choice.
• Building positive, respectful relationships with the people you support.
• Supporting people to take part in meaningful activities and achieve their personal goals.
• Helping to maintain a safe, supportive and inclusive environment.
• Working alongside experienced staff and other professionals to provide person-centred care and support.
• Following care plans, workplace procedures and guidance from your team.
• Developing your knowledge and skills through practical experience, training and the apprenticeship programme.
• Maintaining confidentiality and treating everyone with respect.

You will receive support and guidance throughout your apprenticeship as you develop the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the role.

Job description

The attached Job Description and Person Specification describe the role you will be working towards as you progress through your apprenticeship. You are not expected to have all of the skills, knowledge or experience listed in the Person Specification when you apply.

As an apprentice, you will receive training, support and development to help you build the skills and experience needed to progress into the role.

Please also see the attached Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria to check that you meet the requirements before applying.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.