Bank Mental Health Nursing Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Main duties of the job:

Working shifts as a Bank Health Care Assistant across wards and departments as part of the multidisciplinary team, in a variety of clinical settings to support the team to deliver the highest quality care to our patients, in line with our trust values

As HCA you will be responsible for supporting trained nurses to deliver excellent care to an allocated group of patients providing support, for each clinical area you work on.

Clinical duties, across a range of clinical settings, include providing personal care to patients, supporting them with their needs such as mobilisation and feeding, recording observations and providing enhanced care for patients with dementia and delirium.

Working for our organisation:

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.

This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates.

Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

To work as a member of the nursing team, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse delivering care to patients.

To work as a part of a multidisciplinary team to assist in the continuity of care

To assist in the maintenance of a safe, clean and comfortable ward environment.

To complete Trust training and education programmes commensurate with the role

Person specification:

Education & professional Qualifications:

Essential criteria:

Previous experience of working in a mental health care setting
Ability to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills appropriate to the role

Desirable criteria:

NVQ Level 2/
Awareness of the key principles of the MHA 1983 and the use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards as they are applied to the role of the Nursing Assistant.

Royal Free World Class Values:

Essential criteria:

Demonstrable Ability To Meet The Trust Values

Experience:

Essential criteria:

Experience of working in a team
Previous clinical experience working with patients with mental health conditions
Experience of working with people living with Dementia
Experience of care of acutely ill patients in an acute environment
Students undertaking a qualification in healthcare (nurse, therapist or medical student) must have completed their first placement
Recent experience of caring for elderly people, either in a hospital or community setting

Desirable criteria:

Awareness of national campaigns in relation to dementia care e.g Johns campaign

Skills and aptitudes:

Essential criteria:

Able to demonstrate an understanding of the needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers
To have a basic awareness of a range of mental health conditions
Effective listening skills
Ability to develop effective and meaningful working relationships with patients and their families/carers
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to identify and record patterns of behaviour
Knowledge of the type of work encountered in the ward environment
A good understanding of the principles of infection control
A good understanding of the principles of confidentiality

Personal Qualities & attributes:

Essential criteria:

Willing to learn and undertake new skills
Willing to work within a team

Others:

Essential criteria:

Genuine interest in working in a healthcare setting

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