Health Care Assistant

4 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Direct Healthcare Full time

The Inpatient Health Care Support Worker is a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing care for patients in an inpatient setting. The key aspects of this role are:

- To provide care for individuals who have a mental illness and or a learning disability and /or present a serious risk to themselves or others.
- To report observed changes in the clients physical/psychological needs
- To maintain accurate and up to date records to ensure effective communication.
- To provide high quality patient care by carrying out a range of delegated clinical duties, directed by a registered nurse.

In the absence of the patient’s key worker the Inpatient Health Care Support Worker will be the named co-worker for individual clients to help to ensure that needs are being met. This requires regular client and co-worker meetings to support attainment of achievable goals and carrying out forward planning to ensure the needs of the client are being met at all times.

The post holder will at all times ensure all actions are completed with due diligence to the Mental Health Care and Treatment Act (Scotland)

You will work on an ad hoc and flexible basis to meet the needs of the service. Carry out direct patient care in support of and supervised by the registered nurse.
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1. Work will be assigned by the Registered Nurse

2. To provide a range of delegated patient care duties within a mental health setting, in support of a registered nurse to ensure delivery of a high quality of patient care.

3. Report observed changes in the clients physical/psychological needs and participate in maintaining accurate and up to date records to ensure effective communication.

4. Escort patients on home visits, appointments, community outings in accordance with the structured programme of care. Providing at all times responsive, robust and consistent risk management, together with continuous assessment of mental state.

5. Carries out and assists with minor investigatory procedures as requested by the nurse in charge

6. Ensure that safety, security and risk management procedures are carried out to a high standard with due regard to the MHCTA and other mental health legislation e.g. search, escorting, environmental security checks, and clinical observations. These intrusive practices will be comprehensive and carried out with the required sensitivity under the direction of the nurse in charge.

7. Therapeutic Management of violence and aggression and untoward incidents, utilising de-escalation skills, breakaway and/or management of aggression techniques when required. Implementing a crisis intervention plan with particular attention to risk.

8. Emergency Response Duties: on a daily basis (as designated by the nurse in charge) to respond in the event of a medical, psychiatric or other emergency via a paging system to area indicated, this could be within any inpatient area on the hospital site

9. To work within a recovery focussed model of care and will assist in all aspects of daily living both on behalf of and along with the patient

10. Maintain good relationships and an empathic approach to clients’ carers and relatives and refer them to a registered member of staff where appropriate for any questions they may have on the clients’ condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise.

11. Co-operate with and maintain good relationships with other disciplines that are attending and treating clients to maximise patient care.

12. Work within all Greater Glasgow and Clyde policies and procedures to ensure maintenance of safe working practices for patients and colleagues.

13. Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

14. Adhere to ward and unit procedures for the use of supplies and equipment in order to promote the effective and efficient use of resources.

15. Maintain stock levels of all supplies and carry out housekeeping duties, to support the smooth running of the ward area.

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: Up to £22.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Glasgow: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Hospital: 1 year (required)
- UK based: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: DNURSE

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