Healthcare Assistant

3 weeks ago

Gillingham, United Kingdom Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at Ruby Ward. Your base will be Ruby Ward at Medway Maritime, A Mental Health Ward caring for the needs of 10 female patients with mental health disorders such as Dementia, Depression, Schizophrenia and others. Ruby Ward as part of the KMPT provides a 24-hour service, with a three-shift system in operation and all staff are expected to work the full rotation of days and nights.

You will join a multi-disciplinary team, working with older adults who have a wide range of mental and physical health needs. You will enjoy working at a challenging pace, be self-motivated, proactive, flexible and enthusiastic. You will function as part of a team and have an interest in therapeutic engagement with the service users. Your approach must be person-centred, placing the patient at the centre of all decision making.

Please be aware that Ruby Ward is expecting to move to specifically built Ward in Maidstone around August 2023 and will become a 16 male bedded unit, where we will be expected to be a specialist Dementia Ward with a mixed gender patient group.

Read, follow and implement patients therapeutic care plan accurately and consistently

Enable patients to achieve their maximum level of independence.

Enabling patients to take responsibility for their health promotion including, mobility and activities of daily living and assisting where necessary.

Identify factors which have a positive and negative affect on health and wellbeing and how it can be promoted and adverse effects prevented

Enable patients to view health and wellbeing as a positive aspect of their lives

Enable patients to be involved in activities and make their own decisions where possible about them. consistent with people’s views and beliefs

Undertake planned activities with patients, with their agreement and as documented in the patients care plan, which is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Record and report back fully on the activities undertaken and alerts others in the team to any issues that arise during the activities.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

To implement prescribed care as detailed in patients therapeutic care plans accurately.

To comply with relevant policies and legislation.

Ensure that service users have given consent for any activity performed or is done so within the Mental Capacity Act framework under best interest and that is clearly documented.

Enable patients to function at their optimum level.

Maintain accurate records and verbal communication.

Support patients throughout, helping them to meet their own health and wellbeing needs where necessary

Undertake activities as delegated and consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

Demonstrate an awareness of national policies for safeguarding Adults and Children by adherence to Policy

Demonstrate an awareness of Multi Agency Adult Protection Policy

Implement a range of risk management strategies, including de-escalation techniques, diffusing volatile situations, managing violence and aggression (PSTS) and supporting and monitoring positive risk taking decisions.

Promptly alert the relevant person when there are changes in individuals’ health and wellbeing or any possible risks

Record and report activities and any risks to the relevant staff.

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