Nursing Assistant Recruitment Event - 15 June 2024 | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 May 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum Pro Rata |
| Oriau: | Part time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Warrington, WA2 8WA |
| Cwmni: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6340620/350-MHC6286359-A |
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Are you a kind, caring and compassionate person? Then we would love to welcome you to apply for our Recruitment Event.
We have an exciting recruitment event for Nursing Assistants for our Kingsley Ward at Hollins Park Hospital in Warrington. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend our recruitment event on 15 June where you will be given an overview of the service.
Our ward providesa high standard of assessment and treatment to those with Dementia and BPSD (Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia).
You will gain valuable experience and skills across the field of Dementia, incorporating both physical and mental health.
You will be motivated to make a real difference in the lives of people living with dementia, where passion, empathy, strong communication and excellent teamwork are essential qualities for this role.
Previous experience working in a care related role is essential, preferably working with those who havedementia.
The role of a Health Care Assistant is vital to ensure we deliver safe, high-quality care to our service users.
As a must you will be:
• Passionate about delivering high levels of care and supporting people with Dementia, and a range of mental health or physical health diagnosis.
• An effective communicator and listener.
• Flexible in terms of delivering care within a variety of environments.
• Working effectively as part of a team.
• Be able to use your own initiative and work independently, under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
• Have good numeracy and writing skills.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
We need you to help us achieve and deliver our ambition.
Under the direction of the qualified practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care for allocated service users. The post holder will undertake a range of assigned duties which include: -
· Assist in the physical, emotional psychological and spiritual care of service users under the supervision of a registered nurse. Work within a team to manage risk and the implementation of the service user’s care plan.
· Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
· Help with the involvement of service users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care.
· Provide support and assistance with relatives/carers, directing them to the appropriate professional.
· Assist in providing care and support to service users with a range of personal needs. These will include as directed hygiene/dressing, support with dietary and fluid intake and ensuring optimum comfort with an emphasis on a person-cantered approach.
· Complete physical observations, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight and basic tests, urinalysis, blood glucose and report the results.
· Assist with health promotion activities as directed.
· Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent medical and psychiatric emergency situations.
· Provide an escort to service users for specific appointments or treatment as requested by the nurse in charge.
· Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills when interacting with service user’s utilising both verbal and non-verbal communication. The use of observational skills and de-escalation techniques to avert challenging situations.
Report appropriate observations and any concerns regarding service user care to the qualified practitioner. Participation in observing and supervising service users that need continuous observations.
· Assist in the management of challenging behaviours utilising trust approved techniques. Participate and contribute within de briefing sessions following an incident.
· Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner.
· Contribute to the development of services by sharing ideas/thoughts and giving feedback at appropriate forums.
· Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of service user care.
· Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources.
· Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines.
· Report incidents, near misses and hazards to the nurse in charge
· Work with intermittent, direct supervision. The post holder is required to report to and seek the advice of a registered professional and/or Assistant Practitioner/Healthcare Support Worker with any queries.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024