Mh Hca Required

**Client Name**: Dorset Healthcare

**Role**: Band 2 MH-Health Care Assistant (UK Experience Required)

**Rates**:£14.00 - £24.00 per hour**

**Shifts**: Days/Nights only

**Benefits**:

- First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple hospitals
- Block bookings in your favourite locations
- Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
- 24/7 service - we're available when you need us

We are looking for diligent, knowledgeable and experienced Mental Health Healthcare Assistants with recent NHS experience to come and join our team of healthcare professionals and specialists.

Working flexible shifts in hospitals, you will be providing constant monitoring and care for patients.

**Development and opportunities**

As a Mental Health healthcare specialist, you will have access to a wide range of development and support packages to ensure you progress your skills and site specialities at every opportunity.

Working calmly across various high-pressure environments, you will be drawing on your quick-thinking abilities as well as your clinical knowledge and understanding. With responsibility for actioning care plans, performing assessments and making referrals, alongside your clinical care tasks, this role will continuously challenge you to develop and consolidate your skills.

You will have the opportunity to work in a range of mental health and learning disability services and support local acute hospitals across Dorset.

**key skills**:
In addition to your qualifications, as a Health Care Assistant, you will have:

- quick thinking abilities
- patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- excellent attention to detail
- a methodical approach to tasks
- excellent timekeeping
- the ability to work well and under pressure

**Duties/Responsibilities**

As a Band 2 Health Care Assistant, you will:

- Provide constant monitoring and care for patients
- Safely identify, prepare, check, and assemble equipment
- Duties as requested by the nurse

**Qualifications**:

- 6 months recent relevant UK experience
- You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
- Required 3 Year BILD Accredited PMVA certification