Bank Mental Health Nursing Assistant London, England
Job description
Main duties of the job
Working shifts as a Bank Health Care Assistant across wards and departments as part of the multidisciplinary team, in a variety of clinical settings to support the team to deliver the highest quality care to our patients, in line with our trust values
As HCA you will be responsible for supporting trained nurses to deliver excellent care to an allocated group of patients providing support, for each clinical area you work on.
Clinical duties, across a range of clinical settings, include providing personal care to patients, supporting them with their needs such as mobilisation and feeding, recording observations and providing enhanced care for patients with dementia and delirium.
Working for our organisation
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a member of the nursing team, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse delivering care to patients.
To work as a part of a multidisciplinary team to assist in the continuity of care
To assist in the maintenance of a safe, clean and comfortable ward environment.
To complete Trust training and education programmes commensurate with the role
As part of our continued response to COVID19, we are closely following Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) guidance and the government’s proposals for new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination legislation. This means that full COVID19 vaccination will be a condition of employment in all NHS roles which have face-to-face contact with patients and service users from 1 April 2022 unless exempt. This also means that by 3 February 2022 all such staff will need to have had their first COVID19 vaccination. We expect the need to be vaccinated to apply to the vast majority of roles, although this may not be a requirement in some limited, exceptional circumstances. Should your role be identified as being within the scope of the legislation, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status (or a legitimate exemption from these requirements) as a condition of your employment.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a mental health care setting
- Ability to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills appropriate to the role
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2/3
- Awareness of the key principles of the MHA 1983 and the use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards as they are applied to the role of the Nursing Assistant.
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable Ability To Meet The Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a team
- Previous clinical experience working with patients with mental health conditions
- Experience of working with people living with Dementia
- Experience of care of acutely ill patients in an acute environment
- Students undertaking a qualification in healthcare (nurse, therapist or medical student) must have completed their first placement
- Recent experience of caring for elderly people, either in a hospital or community setting
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of national campaigns in relation to dementia care e.g Johns campaign
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers
- To have a basic awareness of a range of mental health conditions
- Effective listening skills
- Ability to develop effective and meaningful working relationships with patients and their families/carers
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to identify and record patterns of behaviour
- Knowledge of the type of work encountered in the ward environment
- A good understanding of the principles of infection control
- A good understanding of the principles of confidentiality
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Willing to learn and undertake new skills
- Willing to work within a team
Others
Essential criteria
- Genuine interest in working in a healthcare setting
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.- AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Please Note: We are unable to sponsor Band 2 to 4 as the salary does not meet the UKVI Points Based system threshold.
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