Health Care Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational and motivated Health Care Assistant to join our dedicated Team. You are conscientious, caring with the desire to make a difference.

Supported by the clinical team within the practice, the Healthcare Assistant (HCA) will deliver care within the boundaries of their role and in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. Responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating clinical thinking and skills in clinical decision making within limits of your qualifications and role requirements

We are looking for Healthcare & Rehabilitation Support Practitioner to join our bank and get weekly paid!

You will support the clinical team by supporting delivery of specific interventions to the inpatient population. You will provide advice, support, and care for service users with mental health needs and their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.

The post holder will be required to work from time to time without direct supervision.

The post holder will be assisting and assessing individuals with Activities of Daily Living; including personal hygiene, dietary intake, budget management, and so on; with due regard to principle of recovery.

The post holder will be helping individuals to maintain independence from others by assessing and assisting in the development of daily living, domestic, communication and social skills.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with a genuine passion for working with people who have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses, providing compassionate care and promoting their independence.

The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and document accurately following all interventions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, learning disabilities and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust values its bank staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching. As a bank worker you are entitled to the equivalent of 5.6 week annual holiday (maximum of 210 hours) during the holiday year pro-rata. Your holiday pay will be equivalent to 12.07 per cent of the hours you actually worked for the year. For example if you worked 200 hours in the year, you are entitled to 24.14 hours of annual leave. All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

• Fulfilling the role of Associate/Co Worker under the supervision of a qualified nurse/clinician.
• Assisting and assessing individuals with Activities of Daily Living; including personal hygiene, dietary intake, budget management, and so on; with due regard to principle of recovery.
• Helping individuals to maintain independence from others by assessing and assisting in the development of daily living, domestic, communication and social skills.
• Promoting the physical health and wellbeing of service users through support and education and assisting qualified staff in the physical health monitoring, including monitoring of blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration, weight, drug and alcohol screening (after appropriate training).
• Maintaining a safe environment free from unnecessary hazards.
• Reporting any abnormalities, accidents, untoward incidents or observations relating to a care.
• Ensuring that dignity and privacy of service users is maintained.
• Ensuring the promotion of issues of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.
• Ensuring effective communication pathways exist.
• Under supervision of a qualified team member, implementing and assisting with the evaluation of individual plans of care.
• Reporting and recording the results of implemented plans of care in the appropriate and agreed format.
• Under supervision, and with appropriate training, taking a lead role in one or more aspects of care, i.e. Infection control, Health & Safety.
• Assisting senior staff in the planning and delivery of therapeutic and social activities for patients in the clinical area.
• When necessary, accompanying/escorting service users as directed by senior staff.
• Observe the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983, Children’s Act and Child protection and Vulnerable Adult procedures.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions, under guidance of the multidisciplinary team.