Locality Community Hca in Dementia - Bodmin, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Locality Community HCA in Dementia & Older People's MH Service:
Band 3:
Main area
- Dementia and Older people's Mental Health Services.
Grade
- Band 3
Contract
- Permanent
Hours
- Full time hours per week (Monday to Friday)
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Site
- Banham House
Town
- Bodmin
Salary
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per Annum
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Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- 29/03/2023 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._
_ 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 post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of service users.
The post holder will provide a range of services including practical and emotional support to individual service users as indicated by the individual care plans provided by their care co-ordinators.
The post is a Locality Community Health Care Assistant and the successful applicant will work across the 3 Dementia in Older People's Mental Health (DOPMH) teams in the North and East Locality area of Cornwall.
The successful applicant will be based at either one of the Bodmin, Launceston or Liskeard bases, and will cover the North and East Cornwall Locality area.
Main duties of the job:
The post holder will work in partnership with medical and nursing colleagues, ensuring physical and mental health needs of people with dementia and functional mental health needs are considered holistically.
You will assist qualified staff in the assessment of care, needs and the development of programmes of care, delivering aspects of care without direct supervision.
To recognise and report with accuracy to qualified staff any change in the patient's condition or circumstances appropriate to the degree of urgency.
Making sure the right information and support is given at the right time to help people with mental health needs to remain in their communities for as long as possible.
Support local communities in developing dementia friendly communities and build strong and effective working relationships with key staff in a cluster of, GP practices, mental health and primary care community teams.
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 and people matter to us. As part of
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