At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We like to do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, a vibrant urban location, thriving seaside spot, or the among the rolling hills of a stunning rural setting, there are a lot of ways you can make a difference in our local communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future – we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team. You’ll challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

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Would you like to make a real difference as a health care assistant? We need female health care assistants to work for a lady who has a learning disability, and a personality disorder and challenging behaviour who lives in her own home in Winton.

As a female health care assistant, your focus will be to provide a person centred approach, advice and encouragement in order to help the individual with evening routines. The lady would need support from staff with her activities during the evening and encouragement with personal hygiene.

Shift work will be required. The shifts are:

Twilight shift with sleep in shift.

The shift starts 17:00 - 22:30 you then go to bed at the home and in the morning the shift will start at 8.00am to 9.00am. This role includes an hourly rate for waking hours at Band 3 and a sleep in payment which is Weekdays £50 and weekend £60 payment.

These are the following sleep in needed:

Week 1 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Week 2 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

To enable our service users to live the life they require, health care staff will need to have the following characteristics:

• Good listening skills.
• Calm and well-balanced personality.
• Excellent non- verbal communication skills.
• Have a good sense of humour.
• Sensible and confident, calm under pressure.
• Proactive and able to make decisions quickly.
• Able to follow guidelines and care plans.
• Must follow and put boundaries in place

Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:-

• Tolerance of some unusual habits and behaviour, with the ability to divert any behaviour which could lead to danger.
• The ability to develop good relationships with the service user.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Previous experience of working with people who have a learning disability and some knowledge about mental health problems including personality disorder would be desirable.
• Ability to recognise and manage risk
• Must follow and put boundaries in place

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust Domiciliary Care Agency provides person-centred support to service users in their own home.

Recommend a friend or family member and earn cash!

Do you have a friend or family member you would recommend to join us? Or do you know someone who wants to return to practice in the NHS? If the person you refer is appointed by the Trust and completes their probationary period you will receive £500 reward payment for the introduction! Please contact the recruitment team if you require further info!

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name:  Sally-Anne Ayres

Job title:  Manager of the Domiciliary Care Services

Email address:  sally-anne.ayres@nhs.net

Telephone number:  07770685870

Additional contact information

Alison Webster Team leader on 07795414205

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What working for us will provide:

• 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years
• Excellent NHS pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing services
• Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours
• Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs
• Access to nine staff networks – have a voice and transform our Trust
• Relocation costs where applicable
• Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities – including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying and selling annual leave
• NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more

Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities.

What you need to do:

Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you, alternatively if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us.

After applying via NHS Jobs your application will be imported into our preferred third party recruitment system, TRAC. All information about your application will come from apps.trac.jobs. You won’t be able to track progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Dorset HealthCare transferring the information contained in the application to Trac and accept a privacy notice under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website.