Mental Healthcare Assistant

1 day ago

Stafford, United Kingdom Medacs Healthcare Full time

**Client Name**: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

**Role**: Healthcare Assistant

**Rates**: Up to £23.66 per hour

**Shifts**: Various shift: earlies, lates, long days some nights

**Benefits**:

- First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
- Competitive pay rates
- A dedicated placement officer
- Hundreds of new shifts available every day
- Block booked days and short shifts available
- £50 referral scheme
- 24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

Working flexible shifts on various wards, you will provide much-needed care and support to people when they are feeling unwell, vulnerable, and unsure. A significant reliance is placed on the vital care you will provide to ensure a patients care experienceis the very best it can be.

The very best Mental Healthcare Assistants are individuals who show empathy, patience, consideration, passion, and dedication.

**Patient focus**

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play an essential part in so many people's lives. This is a role where you can see the impact of your work daily, with the sense of achievement and satisfaction that comes with making a real difference.

**General key skills**

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will have:

- Empathy and understanding
- Compassion and a caring nature
- A warm and friendly personality
- A passion for good conversation
- Quick thinking abilities
- Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- Excellent attention to detail
- A systematic approach to tasks
- Excellent timekeeping
- The ability to work well and under pressure
- A flexible attitude
- A desire to improve and develop knowledge and skills
- Active listening skills

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**

As a MHCA, your duties could include:

- Assisting nurses with day to day care
- Observations 1-2-1
- Serving meals and helping to feed patients
- Helping people to move around and feel more comfortable
- Monitoring patients conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respiration, and weight
- Encouraging the mental state of the service user to develop

**Essential**
- You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
- 6 months working in a clinical care setting (NHS or Private)
- References that cover the last two years

**Patient focus

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