Health Care Assistant - Stevenage, United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Stevenage, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The post holder will provide supportive care management and work with a supervisor allocated to a group of service users as delegated by the Team Leader/ Charge Nurse or registered practitioner.

The post holder will be expected to work in an acute mental health / learning disability wards or community team in line with service needs.

The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis.

  • Undertake a range of duties which involve direct patient care, under monitored supervision
  • To assist as instructed in the coordination of care delivery for a case load of patients for those with mental health problems including those with severe, enduring mental illness and Learning Disability
  • To work through and with the Directorate, psychiatric / learning disability multidisciplinary team, patients and other community agencies as instructed and guided
  • Contribute to the monitoring of the physical environment ensuring that it is safe and conducive to the therapeutic work of the unit/community setting
  • Actively participate in the care and rehabilitation of patients as per the plan of care determined and supervised by a registered practitioner
  • Contribute towards the delivery of care using the recovery approach to provide therapeutic interventions as agreed as part of an ongoing and monitored supervisory framework
  • To support and follow care programmes in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs, within an agreed and monitored supervisory framework
  • To support recovery outcomes as guided within a clear supervisory framework with a focus on care plans produced and evaluated by a Registered Practitioner
  • Provide patients and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs.
  • To undertake and assist in the organisation of the day to day smooth running of department/ ward/unit/ service
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Seward Lodgeis our assessment and treatment unit for older people with dementia base in Hertford, with our staff caring for those who are at their most acute and vulnerable stage of their life.


Victoria Court,based in Stevenage, provides long term support to older people living with dementia who have multiple complex mental and physical health and social care needs.


Wren Wardis our inpatient older people's ward based in Radlett, with staff caring for those suffering from depression, anxiety and other psychiatric illnesses, and for those with no previous experience of mental health difficulties.


If you join us as Band 2 Health Care Assistant/Support Worker, we can immediately offer to support you with a competency programme to enable you to move to the next level in your career as a Band 3 Health Care Assistant/Support Worker.

There are also opportunities for progress your career in nursing within HPFT depending on your interests, so you can look to develop your career in nursing, becoming a Registered Nurse Associate and then move on to become a Registered Nurse.

The post holder will provide supportive care management and work with a supervisor allocated to a group of service users as delegated by the Team Leader/ Charge Nurse or registered practitioner.

The post holder will be expected to work in an acute mental health / learning disability wards or community team in line with service needs.

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