The must haves for this role:
- Educated to A level standard and with GCSEs in at least four subjects including English, Maths, or equivalent qualifications.
Its not a problem if you dont have clinical experience. We are keen to help you to develop your skills by nurturing your talents and support your development into a confident and competent member of our team. Whats most important is that you have a passion for caring, a warm personality and the resilience to help us transform our patients lives. Also, great communication and people skills will be essential to help our team support patients throughout their admission with compassionate and considerate care. Wed love to welcome you into our friendly and enthusiastic team, where you will play a vital role in helping us achieve our ambitions to become a Centre of Excellence.
Working in a service that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you will need to be able to cover shifts throughout the week at varying times of the day.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Stella Kigozi - Ward Manager Rowan Ward on or email wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
At Prospect Park Hospital, we can offer you a rewarding career, with great opportunities, where you can really make a difference to people's lives.
Join our highly skilled and supportive mental health team and you can choose the work environment that most suites your interests.
Rowan is a mixed 20 bed Ward that provides care for older adults with dementia and other mental health conditions.
Based in Reading, located close to the amenities of the town centre and a leafy park, the ward works closely with patients and families to help them to identify their needs and participate actively in their care, providing a place of empathy, kindness, and compassion.
We have created a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to make positive change.
Our support workers are highly valued, essential members of our team, supporting qualified staff and working closely with patients, carrying out patient observations, assisting at mealtimes, providing personal care, and accompanying patients out of the ward, into the community or back into their own homes.
Working for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be helped to make the most of the great career opportunities that we can offer.
We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'
The must haves for this role:
- Educated to A level standard and with GCSEs in at least four subjects including English, Maths, or equivalent qualifications.
Its not a problem if you dont have clinical experience. We are keen to help you to develop your skills by nurturing your talents and support your development into a confident and competent member of our team. Whats most important is that you have a passion for caring, a warm personality and the resilience to help us transform our patients lives. Also, great communication and people skills will be essential to help our team support patients throughout their admission with compassionate and considerate care. Wed love to welcome you into our friendly and enthusiastic team, where you will play a vital role in helping us achieve our ambitions to become a Centre of Excellence.
Working in a service that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you will need to be able to cover shifts throughout the week at varying times of the day.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Stella Kigozi - Ward Manager Rowan Ward on or email wholl be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
At Prospect Park Hospital, we can offer you a rewarding career, with great opportunities, where you can really make a difference to people's lives.
Join our highly skilled and supportive mental health team and you can choose the work environment that most suites your interests.
Rowan is a mixed 20 bed Ward that provides care for older adults with dementia and other mental health conditions.
Based in Reading, located close to the amenities of the town centre and a leafy park, the ward works closely with patients and families to help them to identify their needs and participate actively in their care, providing a place of empathy, kindness, and compassion.
We have created a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to make positive change.
Our support workers are highly valued, essential members of our team, supporting qualified staff and working closely with patients, carrying out patient observations, assisting at mealtimes, providing personal care, and accompanying patients out of the ward, into the community or back into their own homes.
Working for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be helped to make the most of the great career opportunities that we can offer.
We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'
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