Healthcare Assistant Lancashire
Job description
Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to work in an environment where you can use and develop your skills, knowledge, and creativity to achieve the best for people?
Here is your opportunity to be part of the nursing team and support our multidisciplinary team.
Our teams are multi-disciplinary, they consist of a service manager, consultant psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, health care assistants, recovery staff, volunteers, administrators, and peer mentors, all focused on bringing the individuals using our services the best possible support & interventions.
In our services no two days are the same. Every person who comes into our service is treated as an individual, so understanding the importance of a whole person approach along with being curious, a good listener, a safe practitioner and having a flexible approach are essential skills.
Your role includes:
- Working closely with your Nursing team to develop pathways to care.
- Supported to be involved in opiate and alcohol interventions.
- You will support on harm reduction interventions.
- Support with physical and mental health assessments.
- Always keeping the people who use our services at the heart of everything you do.
- We hold regular national nurse and HCA forums, and you will have regular 1:1s and appraisals.
- We offer protected continuing professional development time, which totals up to 6 days per year.
- We also have a wide range of educational opportunities including free access to the RCNi learning platform.
- All our team members are encouraged to take a wellbeing hour every week and access personal well -being resources
- Our nursing pay is competitive with the NHS Agenda for Change pay bands.
Does this sound like you?
If so, please read the job description and we look forward to reading your application soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Liz Winkley Riding - Cluster Lead Nurse