Community Healthcare Assistant - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Truro, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Community Healthcare Assistant - Mental Health
Truro
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Band 3:

Main area

Mental Health Healthcare Assistant

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Grade

Band 3

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)

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Job ref

Site

Truro Health Park

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Town

Truro

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Salary
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per annum
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

13/04/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

The position will be for the successful applicant to work with in the Carrick iCMHT based in Truro and covering the Carrick district including surrounding areas and Falmouth.

The successful applicant will be expected to work in the Community with individuals with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Conditions.

Ideally the successful applicant will have experience in working with individuals with Mental Health conditions and illnesses

It is essential you have good communication skills.

Main duties of the job:

Some of your role will include the need to:

Foster and maintain good working relations with the integrated Community Mental Health Teams and other services.
Work within the Clinical Support Team across the West and Carrick Localities.
Establish and maintain effect contact with service users, their relatives and carers in order to ensure good communication.
Give information and assistance to service users and their carers so that they are aware of their rights, entitlements from the team and wider health and social care community.
Use of appropriate community resources appropriate to the needs of the service user.
Practice in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery.
Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working to the principles of the functions policy implementation guidelines and practice in line with the standards and values set out to them.
Work with service users and their carers to access identified services.
Monitor mental health and be aware of fluctuations in mental health through observations and report changes to the team practitioners so that service users are directed to appropriate services and risk is managed.
Encourage social/physical activities as appropriate to the service user's needs.
Participate in safeguarding children level 2 as set out in Safeguarding Children &

Young People:
roles and competencies for Health Care Staff.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation a