Healthcare Assistant

Job overview

Fixed term 6 months

We are currently looking for a full-time Healthcare Assistant, to work as a valued member of the Mulberry 1 team, carrying out duties in order to meet the needs of our service users. This role is to cover Maternity leave for 6 months.

You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals and will be expected to follow a plan of care based on the specific needs of the service users.

This is a great opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our service providing care in an Acute Assessment unit aged 18-65 in Fulbourn Hospital.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement.

Are you ready to take on the challenge of this exciting role and help to make a real difference to people’s lives?

Main duties of the job

As a Health care Assistant you will work closely with the nursing team to follow a plan of care in deliver high quality, best practice care to adults with a range of complex health needs within impatient health care settings. We are looking for caring, responsive and diverse people who share our passion to deliver our service.

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience of working within health or social care.
• Experience of caring for and supporting adults with mental health illness
• Demonstrate a commitment to high quality care & service provision.
• Good communication skills.
• The ability to work flexibly and as part of a team, as well as individually.

You may be required to undertake and successfully complete the new national Care Certificate within a 12 weeks’ timeframe if you meet our criteria. You will receive full training and support and The Care Certificate sets out 15 national care standards that must be achieved by all health and social care staff to demonstrate that they have the skills and knowledge needed to provide safe and excellent quality of care. It is a foundation programme which can provide the first steps to career development within the NHS.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To work as a member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, working across health and social care boundaries. With training, use skills from the professional areas of; Nursing, Allied Health Professionals to undertake tasks as delegated in order to meet the individual needs of service users.
• To assist in the delivery of high standards of health care and support patients within impatient settings by care plans and duties allocated by nurse in charge
• Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
• To deliver personal care, including mobility and appropriate exercise, equipment provision
• To ensure documentation and confidentiality is maintained
• To provide a high standard of care

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.