Band 2

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community health and care provider in Sussex. Our expert teams deliver a wide range of medical, nursing and therapeutic care to over 9,000 people a day, serving a total population of 1.3 million.

We pride ourselves in providing excellent care at the heart of the community. In July 2018, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) gave us an improved 'Good' rating, with 'Outstanding' features. 96% of our patients said they would recommend our services to their friends and family, and we attribute this to the hard work and dedication of each and every one of our teams.

We offer our staff a multitude of benefits; flexible working, free health and wellbeing checks, three tax efficient workplace nurseries rated 'Good' and 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, and a wide range of exciting learning and development opportunities including external courses, conferences, and a Graduate Studentship Scheme.

The Trust is signed up to the disability confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Are you a looking for a new opportunity in Healthcare? Do you enjoy motivating patients to help them reach their full potential and assisting with safe discharge from hospital? If so, we are looking for Health Care Assistants to become part of our Multi-disciplinary team. This post offers you the opportunity to use your clinical skills and knowledge in the community hospital setting.

Arundel Hospital provides Multi-disciplinary led rehabilitation and sub-acute care to local residents as well as managing complex discharges. If you want to work with a team who are happy, proactive, caring, patient and carer orientated, have a creative problem solving holistic approach and are keen to develop and support team members then this is the job for you.

We have an embedded Care Certificate for our Healthcare Assistants and provide clinical placements for Nursing and Therapy Students as well as those Returning to Practice across our Community Hospitals.

Our last Care Quality Commission inspection rated our community in-patient services as Outstanding for caring and our overall rating as Good. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to an Organisation which is continuously striving to improve then we would love to hear from you. In return we can offer you: • Flexible working patterns • Supportive learning environment including the care certificate for all Health Care Assistants • Dedicated career pathways and great opportunities for continuing professional development • Commitment to and support for your health and wellbeing • NHS Pension Scheme • NHS discount and salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers.

There is also FREE on-site parking.

This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. Please ensure that you check your e:mails on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically also; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.

Working towards equality.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description
• Person specification
• Staff Benefits Brochure
• About Us

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