Band 3 Healthcare Assistant - Tazetta

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust as a Healthcare Assistant, where you will play a vital role in supporting individuals with complex mental health needs. We offer a supportive environment for personal development, encouraging you to enhance your skills while working in a diverse team focused on recovery.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist with nursing care under guidance.
• Understand local and national policies for mental health.

Responsibilities

• Assist in assessment and evaluation of nursing care.
• Promote effective therapeutic relationships.

Skills

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to work within the Oleaster on one of our male acute wards. Tazetta will offer you a warm welcome and lots of opportunities to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge. Your role will include assisting in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care under the guidance of the qualified nurse. You will be expected to have some working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision. You will assist in the development and provision of social and therapeutic activities for service users, and the promotion of effective therapeutic relationships, which will meet spirituality, equality and diversity needs in accordance with good practice and legislation. The post holder will ensure effective communication pathways exist, acting as a role model to junior staff within their sphere of responsibility, and in a manner, which positively promotes recovery in mental health.

Acute care provides a intensive yet flexible team approach to support those individuals with the most complex, severe and enduring mental health conditions. It's emphasis on person centred, meaningful recovery provides a unique and rewarding opportunity to work with people in the most challenging of circumstances. As part of an experienced Multi Disciplinary Team you will support recovery through; promoting social inclusion, self-management, personnel autonomy and independence.

The successful applicant will need to be able to work days, nights and unsocial hours as part of our 365 days a year, 24/7 service.

You will work as part of an experienced and supportive team, encouraged to identify your own unique career goals and ambitions and attend associated training and CPD. You will be offered regular management supervision by an identified management supervisor within the team, as well as opportunity to attend monthly clinical supervision and regular team meetings.

It is essential that you have a positive attitude, work well as part of a team, and demonstrate our Trust values of committed, compassionate and inclusive in all that you do in order to support us to deliver an exceptional service to our patients.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Crisp Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0121 301 2139

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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