Healthcare Assistant / Trainee
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting the recovery and rehabilitation of service users in secure inpatient services, working with adults with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism. You will assist nurses with patient care, tasks, and observations, contributing to a patient-centred approach. The position offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop skills within secure care, with a focus on delivering high standards of care through evidence-based practice. This role includes an apprenticeship programme for trainees.
Essential criteria
- Patient centred care
- Previous experience as a Band 2/3 HCA or equivalent in a care environment.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs or learning disabilities.
- Diploma in Health and Social Care level 2 or equivalent
- Care Certificate
- Key skills in Literacy and Numeracy level 2
- Successful completion of Trust's full HCA Framework within 6-month probationary period
- Trainee Post: - Diploma in Health and Social Care level 2 must be achieved within 2 years of commencement in post
- Care Certificate must be achieved within 12 weeks of commencement in post
- Successful completion of the Trust's full HCA Framework, including key skills in Literacy and Numeracy level 2, within 2 years of commencement in post
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Competency in venipuncture and ECG
- Patient centred care
- Previous experience as a Band 2/3 HCA or equivalent in a care environment.
- Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs or learning disabilities.
- Diploma in Health and Social Care level 2 or equivalent
- Care Certificate
- Key skills in Literacy and Numeracy level 2
- Successful completion of Trust's full HCA Framework within 6-month probationary period
- Trainee Post: - Diploma in Health and Social Care level 2 must be achieved within 2 years of commencement in post
- Care Certificate must be achieved within 12 weeks of commencement in post
- Successful completion of the Trust's full HCA Framework, including key skills in Literacy and Numeracy level 2, within 2 years of commencement in post
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Competency in venipuncture and ECG
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Assistant / Trainee
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services is seeking diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic individuals to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to support the recovery, rehabilitation, and empowerment of our service users.
We provide specialist care for adults with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism delivering individualised, comprehensive care packages within both Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings alongside wider teams.
As part of your role, you may be required to work across any of our care pathways, supporting both male and female service users. This offers a varied, rewarding experience while developing a broad skill set within secure care.
Please be advised, if shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a mandatory face-to-face assessment / interview.
Healthcare Assistant Trainee (Apprenticeship)
This role includes completion of an apprenticeship programme. Applicants must be eligible for apprenticeship funding under current Government guidelines. This typically requires:o The right to work in Englando Residency in the UK (or eligible EEA/overseas areas) for the past three years (unless exemptions apply)
Main duties of the job
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