Healthcare Assistant | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently looking for healthcare assistants, to work as valued members of the S3 Eating Disorder team, carrying out duties in order to meet the needs of our service users.

You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals and will be expected to follow a plan of care based on the specific needs of the service users.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our service providing care in an Specialist Eating Disorder Unit aged 18-65 in Addenbrookes Hospital.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement.

Are you ready to take on the challenge of this exciting role and help to make a real difference to people's lives?

To promote a positive service user experience throughout their stay through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team.

Our mission is to put people in control of their care. We will maximise opportunities for individuals and their families by enabling them to look beyond their limitations to achieve their goals and aspiration In other words: “To offer people the best help to do the best for themselves.”

We are committed to the core NHS values which we underpin in all that we do - Working Together for Patients Compassion Respect & Dignity Everyone Counts Improving Lives Commitment to Quality of Care.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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For a list of detailed descriptions and responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
• To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies, at all times. To participate in working collaboratively with other Trust services and external agencies to provide seamless care for service users.
• To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general well being and safety of a service user.
• This would include observations around the service user’s presentation, behaviour, mood and verbal content.
• To provide service users with personal care, where and when required, and demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect and compassion at all times.
• To understand the importance of the relatives/carers contribution to care and conversing with the service users and their relatives/carers, establishing their needs and assisting them as necessary.
• Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the nursing notes are current, relevant and accurate, and the content will then be reported & counter signed by the registered nurse or relevant professional.
• Working in partnership with the service user to access a range of activities and services to maintain their independence. Promoting healthy activities and lifestyle choices. Ensure that the ward environment is clean and tidy at all times. To liaise with the ward housekeeper regarding cleanliness. To promote and support
registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Jun 2026