Male only Healthcare Facilitator / Assistant

We are looking for enthusiastic and capable Male Healthcare Assistants (HCA) to join our West London NHS Trust and help us to provide the highest quality care to meet the therapeutic needs of our patients.

Only Full time applications and with right to work full time are allowed to apply into this post. Any student/no visa/no right to work applications will not be considered.

Working as aHCA offers work as a key member of a wider multi-disciplinary team. As part of the job, you'll be expected to support the nursing staff in safe and clinical practice. Patient involvement and co-production are fundamental to our approach and you will be closely involved in developing recovery care pathways and ensuring patients always have a strong voice and that their needs remain at the heart of everything we do., A Healthcare Assistant will work within a range setting under the guidance of senior professionals. The nature of the role will vary depending upon the area of work. Types of duties may include: Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperature, pulse, respirations and weight. Communication with patients, relatives and Carers. Assisting with clinical duties. Personal care, including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety. Promoting positive mental, physical and nutritional health with patients.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.