Healthcare Assistant Deaf Service - Fairbairn

We have great opportunities to join us and support our deaf or hearing impaired patients.

Full time Days and Nights: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £23,879 per annum plus enhancements
Location: Northampton

About Fairbairn ward:

The UK largest Medium Secure Service for Deaf men aged between 18 and 65 years old. Fairbairn is a 15 bed ward which manages D/deaf or hearing impaired (profound, severe, partial or hard of hearing) patients with complex mental illness in a sensitive environment.

We are looking for Healthcare Assistants on Fairbairn which is a medium secure service which cares for male D/deaf patients with complex mental health problems who present risk of harm to others. The ward accepts patients with a range of diagnosis including mental health illness, learning disability, brain injury, autism spectrum disorder and personality disorder.

About You

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Have experience of supporting people who are deaf or who have hearing impairments
• Fluent in British Sign Language (BSL) or D/deaf themselves
• Strong team players with the confidence to work independently.
• Skilled at building and maintaining relationships across clinical teams.
• Resilient, with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Compassionate, approachable, and able to develop rapport with residents.

Our patients and team will expect you to embody the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence every day.

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications. On-site facilities such as gym and swimming pool access and cafés all set within beautiful grounds.

We also accept video applications. To submit a video, please email ktolland@stah.org.

This is your opportunity to be part of a team that is shaping the future of community mental health care. Apply now and make a meaningful difference.