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Why join us?

Recruitment and Induction Process

1.

Initial Application

You can find details of all of our current vacancies here

Alternatively, submit a CV and covering letter here.

2.

Pre-Screening

Once we receive your application we will give you a call to go through your information with you.

3.

Face-to-face Interview

If pre-screening is completed successfully, you will be invited for an interview with a member of the recruitment team. We will go through the role that you have applied for and work we have to offer, your skills and experience and the benefits of working for Oakwood Healthcare.

If your applications is successful, you will need to provide the following information at your interview.

  • Complete Registration Form
  • Full Work History
  • Proof of Identity
  • Proof of NI Number and / or right to work
  • Minimum of 2 satisfactory written references
  • Enhanced DBS disclosure
  • Health Declaration
  • Evidence of Qualification and Experience
  • Proof of NMC registration (qualified staff only)

4.

Training

 All Oakwood Healthcare staff attend free online mandatory training which meets the requirements of the nationally recognised Care Certificate induction standards. If you have valid & sufficient training certificates already, please let a member of our recruitment team know.

Training is carried out online and you will be sent a link to complete your training in your own time. Training must be completed prior to working any shifts and must then be completed on a monthly basis for you to remain compliant. 

All staff are issued Oakwood Healthcare handbooks which detail our policies and procedures.

Once you have completed training we can issue your Oakwood Healthcare badge!

Make the first step in your career in care! Apply today!

Training with Oakwood Healthcare Solutions

 

All of our training is in line with the care certificate; officially launched in March 2015, with the aim of equipping health and social care support workers with the knowledge and skills they need to provide safe, compassionate, quality care and support.

What does the care certificate mean for you?

New workers are just as important to us as our existing workforce. Our induction programme ensures all staff are given the appropriate mandatory training to feel confident and prepared for their role. The theory elements of the programme ensure knowledge of legislation and guidance and the practical elements allow trainees to practice their learning in a safe environment, before joining the workforce.

Further support and guidance are provided throughout your journey with Oakwood Healthcare in a variety of ways including, shadowing, supervisions and ongoing and specialist training, allowing everyone who joins Oakwood Healthcare to feel fully prepared for their new care role.

Furthering your career with Oakwood Healthcare.

All of our workers are given the opportunity for further development and progression and are encouraged to undertake their level 2 diploma in health and social care, completed around working hours if desired.

 

What does the online mandatory training include?
  • Health and Safety / Fire
  • Infection Control, including MRSA/CDIF
  • Lone Working
  • Managing of Violence and Aggression
  • Moving and Handling
  • Safeguarding of Vulnerable People
  • Mental Capacity Act / DoLS
  • Food Hygiene & Nutrition/Dietary Needs
  • First Aid Awareness
  • Basic Life Support
  • Medication Management
  • Reporting, Recording, Confidentiality
  • Handbook Induction, Including Policies & Procedures
  • Child Protection
  • Child Health and Wellbeing
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Handbook
  • Risk Incident Reporting
Our Specialist Training Courses

Through our in house training, we are able to provide additional specialist training for our staff, these include courses on:

  • Acquired Brain Injury
  • Autism awareness
  • Basic life support
  • Care planning
  • Dementia awareness
  • Diabetes
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Learning disabilities
  • Manual Handling
  • MAPA
  • Death, dying and bereavement
  • Children and young people’s induction
  • Epilepsy awareness including buccal midazolam practical
  • Medication workshop
  • Mental Health
  • Motor neurons
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • One to One
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • PMVA
  • Professional boundaries
  • Sensory Loss
  • Stroke awareness
  • Substance misuse/ self-harm
  • Tissue Viability
  • Vital Observations

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