# Bank Healthcare Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-healthcare-assistant/af8b1f5b-8e2a-4cf6-a151-7510e5edb6ac - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-healthcare-assistant/af8b1f5b-8e2a-4cf6-a151-7510e5edb6ac.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Darlington - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £12.98 - £13.49 upon completion of training - **Contract type:** Bank: As and When required - **Closing date:** 2026-06-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T09:42:15.936Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Middlesbrough/Tees_Esk_Wear_Valleys_NHS_Trust/Temporary_Staffing/Temporary_Staffing-v8032130 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032130?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting Bank Health Care Assistants to work across the inpatient wards within Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust as an when required. As one of the largest Mental health and learning disability Trust within England we cover a larger geographical area, sites include - Roseberry Park Hospital Middlesbrough, West park Hospital Darlington,  Lanchester road Hospital Durham, Bankfield's Court Middlesbrough, Cross Lane hospital Scarborough, Springwood Malton and Foss Park Hospital York. Unfortunatly this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Successful candidates will be required to attend a 5 consecutive day course for positive and safe care Monday - Friday 8:45-4:30 due to this we are unable to accept applications from candidates where working hours are restricted. ### Main duties of the job Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users showing excellent communication skills. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This is a unique opportunity work Flexibly on the bank with TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence. Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement. ## Job Details We are recruiting Bank Health Care Assistants to work across the inpatient wards within Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust as an when required. As one of the largest Mental health and learning disability Trust within England we cover a larger geographical area, sites include - Roseberry Park Hospital Middlesbrough, West park Hospital Darlington,  Lanchester road Hospital Durham, Bankfield's Court Middlesbrough, Cross Lane hospital Scarborough, Springwood Malton and Foss Park Hospital York. Unfortunatly this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Successful candidates will be required to attend a 5 consecutive day course for positive and safe care Monday - Friday 8:45-4:30 due to this we are unable to accept applications from candidates where working hours are restricted. ## Job Description Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users showing excellent communication skills. ## Responsibilities This is a unique opportunity work Flexibly on the bank with TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence. Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Basic computer skills - Effective verbal and written communication skills - Competency in record keeping (within agreed timescales) - Person centered care ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1) ## Documents - [our journey to change (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [bank hca job description (pdf, 153.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319730) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 244.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.