Forensic Healthcare Assistant

This is the perfect opportunity for someone seeking a new challenge in a dynamic and rewarding environment where no two days are the same. Working hours involve shifts, including some nights, weekends and bank holidays., On a day-to-day basis, the role will involve helping nurses, doctors, occupational therapists and other team members to deliver high quality person-centred care. This will include listening to and talking to service-users and their families, helping to build service-users' confidence and independence, providing practical and caring support, and treating all service-users, carers and colleagues with dignity and respect.

Our service-users are our number one priority, so we need people who are committed to supporting others, even at more challenging times. Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-working skills are essential for this role, as well as the ability to think quickly and act in a calm and sensible manner. The successful candidates will also need to reflect the Trust's key values.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3,500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill-health, physical ill-health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, and medium- and low-secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service-users, their families and carers. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.

Our Trust values are: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!