Healthcare Assistant - Inpatient Acute Bulwell, England
Job description
Rowan 1 ward is a purposed designed 16 bedded Male Adult Mental Health Inpatient service located in the City of Nottingham on the site of Highbury Hospital.
Rowan 1 provides high quality care 24 hours a day 7 days a week to people aged 18-65 from Nottingham City and County who are experiencing a range of mental health and emotional difficulties.
We are seeking proactive, compassionate, caring and recovery focused Healthcare Assistants with excellent communication skills to join our existing dynamic multidisciplinary team to be involved in extensive assessments and formulations to support the planning and delivery of patient care. The multidisciplinary teams all work in a way that is collaborative, evidenced based and responsive to people's needs.
The team are looking for dynamic and experienced Healthcare Support Workers with an ability to work in a flexible manner to meet the demands and needs of the service. Applicants should be experienced in working in a healthcare setting and communicating within an MDT. You would be expected to also have experience of working within mental health.
You would be expected to work as part of the team undertaking the assessment, care and treatment of patients experiencing an acute mental health crisis, working in a recovery-orientated and holistic manner towards the ultimate discharge of the patient.
You will be expected to participate in any future training identified in order to fulfil the role of the Healthcare Assistant
Candidates will be expected to work a full range of shifts including day and night shifts across 7 days per week.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
We are looking for healthcare workers who are resilient and passionate about nursing and patient centred care. Applicants must have excellent communication skills and understand the need for developing positive therapeutic relationships with our patient group. Applicants need to be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a dynamic team under the supervision of qualified nurses.
