Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant Northampton, England

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Northampton, England 21730 - 23177 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We are currently looking for outstanding Health Care Assistants to join our Adult Inpatient Service at Berrywood Hospital in Northampton. We currently have vacancies on Marina Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (Marina PICU) Cove Ward (Male acute) Bay Ward (Female acute) and Harbour Ward (Mixed acute) The roles also involve supporting the Health Based Place of Safety.

Marina PICU is a 7-bed ward for adult males predominantly between the ages of 18 and 65. Patients are referred to the ward who are unable to be managed safely on an acute mental health ward due to disturbed behaviours associated with their mental illness. Patients predominantly present with risks towards others in the form of violent and aggressive behaviour; their behaviours may also lead them to being a risk towards themselves; patients may also be at risk of absconding.

Both Bay Ward (female) and Cove Ward (male) are 17 bedded wards and provides care for people predominantly between the ages of 18 and 65. The wards primary role is to provide a comprehensive range of services for patients with a mental disorder who are either detained under the Mental Health Act or Informal.

Harbour Ward (Mixed gender) is a 12 bed, Acute ward of which provides care predominantly for people between the ages of 18 and 65. Its primary role too, is to provide a comprehensive range of services for patients with a mental disorder who are either detained under the Mental Health Act or Informal

  • Compassionate and caring
  • Confident, courageous
  • Flexible
  • Self-motivated.
  • Non-judgemental.
  • Positive attitude and enthusiastic
  • Work in co-production with patients
  • Commitment to supervision and learning
  • Able to work collaboratively within a team structure.
  • Good communicator.
  • Enjoys the pace of work and can work under pressure.
  • Flexible with regard to shift work. Candidates must have the ability to workday shifts, night shifts and weekends and rotate across these shifts regularly
  • Physically fit enough to complete PMVA training (Teamwork) and deliver the taught interventions
  • Ability to remain calm during highly emotive situations
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Healthcare Assistant
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Insurance Carriers
Insurance
1946
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