Health Care Assistant

The Health Care Assistant will have an appreciation and knowledge of unit procedures, competency based clinical observations, and will be able to organise day to day tasks and activities based on an agreed work plan.

This role will work with more experienced Registered and Unregistered practitioners providing support to both health and social care professionals. The aim is to assess the service users within a short period of time and identify the most appropriate treatment pathway., Your role will include working closely with the service users.

1.1 supportive observations

support the MDT by giving them detailed information that will support the team to make a safe and accurate assessment.

Follow the infection control, safeguarding and trust policies.

Attend all mandatory Training,

You will be required to attend RESPECT training ( Physical restraint training)

Carry out physical health observations, such as checking vital signs etc, and report back to the nursing team.

This is the perfect opportunity for individuals who want to make a difference to our service users' health care.,

• display a considerable degree of initiative and possess mature judgment


• maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, the police, colleagues and visitors


• have experience in mental health


• have experience of caring for vulnerable adults, NVQ 3 or equivalent, Some experience in a caring role


• Some experience in mental health


Communication Skills

Essential criteria


• Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures


Desirable criteria


• De escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users, Knowledge and ability to positively manage change


• Ability to identify and manage changes to clinical risks


• Demonstrate good decision making skills, Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.


Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional


• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (minimum 1,258 per annum))


• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)


• One of the UK's best pension schemes


• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services