Healthcare Assistant

1 week ago

Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a compassionate and resilient Healthcare Support Worker to join our team in our 20-bedded acute ward. As a key member of our multi-professional team, you will play a vital role in providing care and support to individuals with mental health illnesses and disorders.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Deliver high-quality care and recovery interventions to service users, working collaboratively with registered care staff.
  2. Maintain a clean, well-organized, and safe environment that meets the needs of service users, carers, and colleagues.
  3. Deliver psychosocially-informed one-to-one and group interventions to positively impact service users' cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
  4. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assuming lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities.
  5. Practise planned care, participating in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users' and carers' needs and preferences.
  6. Participate in ongoing care planning, CPA, and risk assessment processes, contributing to all aspects of clinical record keeping.
  7. Maintain a basic working understanding of relevant legislation, such as the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005).
  8. Adhere to AWP's Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners, promoting and embedding it through peer support and supervision.
  9. Observe and record interactions with service users and carers, both verbally and in writing.
  10. Deliver fundamental care interventions using evidence-based clinical tools, monitoring and improving physical health and personal wellbeing.
  11. Engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.
  12. Promote and enhance a positive learning culture, supporting the induction, orientation, and development of junior, temporary, and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.
Person Specification

We are looking for individuals with:

  • An understanding of how mental health issues can affect individuals, their families, and communities, and experience of using evidence-based approaches to reduce their impact.
  • Experience of working in a busy team, using initiative at times of pressure.
  • Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care).
  • Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, taking direction from senior colleagues.
  • Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills.
What We Offer

We recognize that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. We are committed to supporting employees' wellbeing and development, offering a comprehensive statutory and mandatory training program, and opportunities for career progression.

You will be learning on the job, continually building new skills, and will have access to developmental and learning opportunities. The ward operates on a 24/7 shift basis, and you will be required to work shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays, with unsocial enhancements in addition to your basic pay.

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