Health Care Assistant

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant to join the dynamic and exciting team at one of our CAMHS wards.

This is your chance to join a supportive team and gain essential skills and knowledge for your career in the health services.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all of our job roles.  If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form be rejected from the process.

Please note this vacancy requires a face to face interview with the Recruiting Manager. Applicants that are unable to attend a face to face interview need not apply.

Main duties of the job

• 1.     To ensure that safe practice to be maintained, by a full awareness of Policies and Procedures regarding aspects of Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression 2.     Promoting the recovery model of care and social inclusion 3.     An awareness and to keep updated of the Care Quality commission standards 4.     Aware of one own appearance, ensure the Trust uniform is worn correctly and is clean and presentable 5.     The post holder will be prepared to work within the 24 hours service, 7 days per week, 365 days per year as per rota. 6.     An understanding of the Mental Health Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLs) and (MCA) Mental Capacity Assessments. 7.     Take responsibility to ensure all mandatory training is up to date 8.     Aware of one’s own self-development needs and attend appropriate courses as agreed at appraisal. 9.     Attend in-service and other training as required. 10.  To be appraised once a year 11.  Undertake clinical supervision to enhance practice 12.  At all times be aware of the Trust’s ethos and maintaining of customer care standards

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for undertaking assigned tasks that involve direct care in an adolescent ward setting. The post involves supporting young people in all aspects of their care including daily living needs as is outlined in the young people’s individualised care plan. The post holder is responsible for reporting any relevant changes in the young person’s condition to the qualified staff.

he post holder will assist support of people with mental health needs and challenging behaviours, such as depression or psychosis, and working with young people who have likely felt or attempted suicidal. You will be required to provide person centred care and working, whilst supporting qualified staff to ensure the highest standards of care are upheld.

Young people, relatives, carers and other staff will find the post holder flexible, approachable and with a helpful and friendly disposition, upholding the ethos of EPUT of good customer care at all times with an awareness of own attitude at all times.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1.     To ensure that safe practice to be maintained, by a full awareness of Policies and Procedures regarding aspects of Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression 2.     Promoting the recovery model of care and social inclusion 3.     An awareness and to keep updated of the Care Quality commission standards 4.     Aware of one own appearance, ensure the Trust uniform is worn correctly and is clean and presentable 5.     The post holder will be prepared to work within the 24 hours service, 7 days per week, 365 days per year as per rota. 6.     An understanding of the Mental Health Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLs) and (MCA) Mental Capacity Assessments. 7.     Take responsibility to ensure all mandatory training is up to date 8.     Aware of one’s own self-development needs and attend appropriate courses as agreed at appraisal. 9.     Attend in-service and other training as required. 10.  To be appraised once a year 11.  Undertake clinical supervision to enhance practice 12.  At all times be aware of the Trust’s ethos and maintaining of customer care standards 13.  Undertake any other appropriate duties as required.

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our population’s health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a ‘one workforce’ cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

To support this ‘one workforce model’ the successful candidate for this post will be required to attend our 5 day (Monday to Friday) face to face Induction Programme at our MSE ICS Education Hub at Brentwood Community Hospital. Your start date will therefore fall on one of two of the HCA Academy induction dates across the month, which will be discussed and agreed during the recruitment process.

Our HCA Academy Induction programme has been designed to train and support the successful candidate through the early stages of their employment at EPUT and will provide opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge and experience.

Further information will be provided post interview.

This will be followed by an additional 5 day (Monday to Friday) EPUT corporate / mandatory training welcome. (EPUT Welcome will be varied between face to face and virtual delivery).