Healthcare Assistant - Northampton, United Kingdom - Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Northampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We are currently looking for outstanding Health Care Assistants to join our Adult Inpatient Service at Berrywood Hospital in Northampton.

We currently have vacancies on Marina Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (Marina PICU)) and Harbour Mixed Acute. The roles also involve supporting the Health Based Place of Safety.

Marina PICU is a 7-bed ward for adult males predominantly between the ages of 18 and 65.

Patients are referred to the ward who are unable to be managed safely on an acute mental health ward due to disturbed behaviours associated with their mental illness.

Patients predominantly present with risks towards others in the form of violent and aggressive behaviour; their behaviours may also lead them to being a risk towards themselves; patients may also be at risk of absconding.


Harbour Ward (Mixed gender) is a 12 bed, Acute ward of which provides care predominantly for people between the ages of 18 and 65.

Its primary role too, is to provide a comprehensive range of services for patients with a mental disorder who are either detained under the Mental Health Act or Informal


We are looking for Health Care Assistants to support in the delivery of outstanding care to this vulnerable group of patients.

Delivery of care will include conducting mental health observations, facilitating 1:1 time with patients, escorting patients outside the ward, activities, mealtime support, personal care, physical health observations, recording on patient record, de-escalation of incidents, supporting the Health Based Place of Safety and tasks delegated by the qualified nurses.


NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community.

Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible.

This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.


NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.


NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

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