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Health Care Assistant | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,129 - £28,649 Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2024 |
| Location: | Edgware Middx, HA8 0AD |
| Company: | Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6316388/306-BEH-1985 |
Summary
The HCA role at this level, will be allocated and agreed via plans of care, assessed and evaluated by a registered nurse. They will implement, deliver care under the guidance of more experienced registered practitioners supported by a monitored process of on-going supervision and support.
This role will be expected to work with high levels of support and supervision, with adherence to agreed instruction, whilst being guided and supported within Trust procedures and policies. As part of the wider Team the post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health Care Team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff. This will involve being responsible for carrying out practical tasks, identified as part of the patient’s and service users care plan or care pathways.
• To work with, talk to and listen to service users and ensure any change in their condition is accurately and promptly communicated to the named nurse.
• Accompany patients, including escorting sectioned patients, to various agencies, centre and other hospitals in the community and outside the Trust as required.
• Take due consideration of the cultural, social and religious beliefs of patients, relatives and visitors and respect patients as individuals whose needs include social, spiritual, emotional and physical care.
• Ensure that patients’ nutritional support and personal care needs are met. This may include helping patients to get comfortable for meals, assisting with feeding where necessary and assisting with serving meals and assist with their personal care.
• To assist trained staff to uphold a high standard of nursing care, including close and physical observations on patients, in accordance with practices and procedures.
• Assist in the maintenance of a safe and pleasant physical environment for patients and staff.
• Assist in the confidential safe keeping of patients nursing and medical records, including appropriate entries on RiO.
• Ensure the safe keeping of patient’s property and valuables in accordance with policies and procedures.
• To develop and maintain appropriate relationships with patients, relatives and care.
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts’ values and cultural pillars:
• We are kind
• We are respectful
• We work together
• We keep things simple
• We empower
• We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.
• • Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Jun 2024