Job Title: Mental Health Healthcare Assistant
Trust Location: Somerset
Pay Rates: Up to £19.71 Excluding Holiday Pay
Shift Patterns: Long days, Nights, Twilight and Split shifts
Metal Health Care assistants helping patients through difficult chapters of their life, providing trust and being trusted, your integral in helping patients on their journey home, giving patients hope or helping them to prosper and flourish.
Having an open mind and a flexible approach to care is key within this sector. This will enable you to establish the best possible ways to care for your service user or patient. You will develop exceptionally positive and robust relationships with patients and their families, building trust and confidence.
Whatever your motivations, if you have a passion for mental health care and would like to join a supportive team with inspiring leadership and support, we’d love to hear from you.
We currently have work available on:
Working Age Adult Wards
Older Mental Health Wards
CAMH wards and Secure Units
You’ll receive the following benefits:
First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency
Wellbeing incentives – take advantage of the wellbeing hub
Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week
Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime
Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
Training and development opportunities
Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
Stakeholder pension scheme available
What you’ll be responsible for:
To act as a positive role model to the service users and staff.
To demonstrate appropriate de-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subject to achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression techniques.
Escort patients as appropriate to other areas of the hospital or outside the hospital as delegated by trained member of staff.
Completion of regular physical health observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperwork within the admission process, including smoking / alcohol recording forms.
Supporting qualified staff in the participation of the care planning process.
The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.
You’ll need to have the following qualification/experience:
Minimum of 6 months experience within the last 2 years as either Mental Health Care Support Work in the UK (Private or NHS) hospital / UK Prison or specialist Mental Health Care Home.
NVQ Level 2 or above or Btec Diploma in Health and Social Care or Healthcare Support services.
Or
Completed Care Certificate
Valid in date restraint training ie PMVA
Who are NHS Professionals?
We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.