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Job overview

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We are building brand new Acute Inpatient healthcare facilities as part of our Making Room for Dignity programme and have exciting opportunities for Healthcare Assistants to join our male PICU, female Enhanced Care Ward and  our current inpatient wards in Derby.

This is an opportunity to join a new wider multi-disciplinary team, supporting a range of patients with complex acute mental health needs. This is an opportunity to have a voice in developing our services.

Our team supports those with a functional mental health illness. We work proactively with our patient group and their loved ones promoting independence and choice in their care.

Please be mindful that the ward provides a 24 hour, year round inpatient service, so you would need to be able to work shift patterns including, morning, afternoon, weekends, Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays (and nights if needed).

Main duties of the job

Please be mindful that the wards provide a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week, inpatient service.

DHCFT have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, dedicated and experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to work within the dynamic Mental Health inpatient services for adults of working age.

Inpatient wards are an evolving service, open to change and developing new ways of working and demonstrate a positive profile within the Trust and with service users and carers. You will be expected to deliver high standards of person centred care showing empathy, patience and understanding at all times.

In this role you will be actively involved in delivering direct patient care under the supervision of qualified nurses and other members of the team.

As someone who will spend all your time caring and supporting people on the wards, you will be responsible for reporting to registered staff the care you deliver during your shift.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the Job Description and Person Specification.   To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account

• Are you looking for a new exciting opportunity to work in a team where you can continually develop your skills and knowledge base?
• As a Healthcare Assistant you will be completing daily duties including:
• Providing care and support for patients who are acutely mentally unwell
• Spending 1:1 time with patients
• Escorting patients off the ward
• Completing levels of observations with patients
• Engaging patients in therapeutic activities
• Completing physical observations and general physical checks
• Working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to make changes in patients' care
• Supporting patients with their ADLs
• Managing difficult situations
• Providing support to other wards across the unit
• Responding to patients when they are distressed