Healthcare Assistant

2 months ago

Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join our multidisciplinary team at Livewell Southwest. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care and support to individuals with mental health needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist registered nurses in delivering physical, social, and psychological care to patients with mental health problems.
  • Work within a team to support and assist qualified staff in implementing patient care plans.
  • Undertake a range of competencies, including service-specific training, and record observations and information accurately.
  • Use clinical decision-making tools to inform care and highlight significant results to senior staff.
  • Perform simple wound care, blood sugar monitoring, venepuncture, temperature, blood pressures, pulse oximetry, and other clinical responsibilities as delegated by registered nursing staff.
  • Provide self-directed, individual activities for specified patients in all healthcare settings, working within risk management guidelines.
  • Identify and report safeguarding risks for patients or carers and know the process to follow.
  • Participate in the unit-wide response team and be fully trained in Physical Intervention.
  • Carry out tasks and instructions assigned by registered nurses and undertake only those tasks for which you have had instruction and are competent to fulfill.
  • Provide mentorship and support to junior staff or students.
  • Engage with audits, quality improvement projects, and service changes as directed by the ward manager.
  • Provide a high standard of care under the direction and supervision of more senior staff.
  • Assist the multi-disciplinary team in delivering and evaluating patient care.
  • Liaise across inpatient and community colleagues in statutory and non-statutory services as appropriate.
Requirements
  • NVQ level 3, QCF level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification.
  • Care certificate.
  • Other evidence of training or development relevant to working within mental health settings.
  • Ability to participate in activities with patients.
  • Ability to contribute to the process of and the delivery of high standards of care as planned in care programs.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
  • Vocational Qualification Level II or able to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and ability to work to that level.
  • Other evidence of training or development relevant to working within mental health settings.
  • Knowledge of mental health, therapeutic approaches, and application to people with learning disabilities/mental health problems.
  • Awareness of safeguarding principles.
  • Basic IT skills.
  • A basic understanding of physical health presentation.
  • Good communication and listening skills.
  • Continual assessment of patients.
  • Organisational skills.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • Awareness of own limits and boundaries in relation to own job role.
  • Good written communication.
  • Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/equal opportunities.
  • Resilience.
  • Willingness to positively share your own life experiences, personal experiences of your own ill health with service users and carers.
  • Ability to problem-solve and create innovative solutions to help empower patients and carers.
  • Demonstrates an empathy of people.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills with a range of people in various situations.
  • Ability to engage patients in activities off the unit.
  • Ability to manage time and plan work.
  • To complete clinical records.
  • To take leadership and direction from qualified staff.
  • To participate in unsupervised tasks and provide accurate feedback to relevant parties.
  • Ability to work in a team effectively.
  • Should have ability to demonstrate basic IT skills.
  • Awareness of personal safety.
  • Able to work in challenging and unpredictable environmental conditions alone and with others effectively managing dynamic risks of our individual patient group.
  • Physical Intervention in a ward environment.
  • Care plans and risk assessments.
  • Confidentiality.
  • De-escalation skills.
  • Motivated.
  • Compassionate.
  • Empathetic.
  • Reliable.
  • Confidence in dealing with patients.
  • Ability to work in stressful conditions.
  • Ability to work as part of a team.
Desirable Experience
  • Experience of variety of Mental Health settings.
  • Previous experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Working within an NHS setting.
  • Experience of actively supporting individuals to identify and work towards achieving personal goals in a related social care or health setting.
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