Nursing Assistant/Driver | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 9RW |
| Cwmni: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7200252/311-T595-25 |
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A vacancy has become available within our Whittaker Day Unit which is part of Mental Health Services for Older People, based in the Etherow Building at Tameside General Hospital.
You will be responsible for transporting clients between their homes and Whittaker Day Unit. You need a real commitment to working with this client group.
Previous experience of working with clients over 65 years of age is preferable.
You will be supported by the Team Manager and existing team through clinical and managerial supervision.
• To work as part of the MDT to support patients to attend Whittaker Day Unit and to transport them between home and Whittaker Day Unit independently.
• To transport clients with a mental health condition who may be:
- Reluctant to attend/engage and may require prompts.
- Whose mental state requires short supported journeys.
- Who are in a crisis and may need to attend Day Hospital at short notice
· Able to demonstrate the ability to work alone with clients out in the community and have the ability to understand the need to communicate back to MDT their observations of the client and report any significant risk that may impact on patient wellbeing. Needs to demonstrate decision making skills around prioritising when information is shared and the immediacy to this.
· To carry out other ad-hoc driving duties as may be required, e.g. delivering case notes, pathology laboratory samples.
· Transfer/collect appropriate clients to/from other clinics/hospital on behalf of the Older Peoples wards and facilitate discharges.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Key Responsibilities of the Post:
· To facilitate patients in community based groups/activities to support patients with the transition from secondary mental health services to community services.
· To support Whittaker day Unit patients to engage in activities/groups within the day hospital to promote their assessment and treatment.
· To facilitate groups with clients in the day hospital when requested to by unit co-ordinator.
· To support clients to access alternative means of transport, to enable them to travel to and from day hospital independently. This may require utilising principle of graded exposure.
· To operate a Trust leased vehicle (expected to be a people carrier or similar) and will be responsible for keeping the vehicle in a clean and tidy condition.
· To be responsible for carrying out daily vehicle checks and ensuring that the vehicle is adequately filled with fuel, oil and water at all times.
· Ensuring the vehicle is left securely locked at all times and that all vehicle security systems are applied whenever the vehicle is parked.
Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
• Previous experience of working with older people within the community desirable
• Good interpersonal and observational skills
• Understanding of the problems associated with old age.
• Good communicator and ability to develop rapport with people.
• Ability to work within a team, flexibility, patience and reliability.
• Full clean driving licencewith use of a car or access to a means of mobility
This advert closes on Monday 30 Jun 2025