Care Crew Senior Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Senior Healthcare Assistant, focusing on patient-centred activities for elderly patients. This role involves facilitating engaging activities, supporting patients with cognitive and physical impairments, and working on a flexible rota. The position offers a chance to make a real difference in patient care within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Enhancements for weekend working

Qualifications

• Experience as Health Care Assistant within an acute hospital environment.
• Previous experience working with individuals with dementia and challenging behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate patient-centred activity groups for older patients.
• Support inpatient wards in managing patients with enhanced care needs.

Skills

Communication

Timekeeping

Information Technology Literacy

Education

NVQ / QCF level 3 in Health

Care Certificate

T Level in Health

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our established Activities Care Crew, providing patient-centred activity groups for patients predominantly on our Older patients wards. Activities organised could include daily orientation; reminiscence groups, musical memories and individual distraction. Facilitation of person centred activities such as the barber shop, spa, gardening, crafts and helping patients to engage in their daily routine independently where possible.

Please note that regardless of hours, you will be required to work on a rota basis, inclusive of Monday - Friday, weekends, nights and bank holidays.

Note: The RBH is not able to provide a visa for this role.

Main duties of the job

The team support our inpatient wards in managing patients displaying enhance care needs, including unpredictable and behaviours of concern,often as a result of dementia or other cognitive impairment. This support is given predominantly through group activities, but also additionally on a 1:1 basis as required.You will ideally have experience of working with patients who have cognitive impairment, mental health conditions and possible behavioural problems. However, an induction programme with appropriate training willbe given to help build skills in managing these conditions.As part of the interview process, shortlisted applicants will need to attend an assessment session. If successful at the assessment, you will then be invited back for an interview.

To facilitate a flexible, client centred programme of therapeutic activities for individuals and groups of patients predominantly within elderly care, under the supervision of the Care Crew Team Leader. This includespatients with dementia, cognitive impairment, physical impairment, frailty and those displaying behaviours of concern.

The role is predominantly based on our main Royal Berkshire Hospital site with an very occasional need to cover our off site ward located at West Berkshire Community Hospital.

About us

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good'with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is"Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

We areCompassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We areAspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We areResourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We areExcellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Education

• Able to evidence a general level of education
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English using both verbal and written means of communication.
• NVQ / QCF level 3 in Health or Health and Social Care or working towards
• Care Certificate
• T Level in Health

Experience

• Experience as Health Care Assistant within an acute hospital environment or equivalent setting
• Previous experience working with individuals with dementia, cognitive impairment and/or those displaying challenging behaviour

Other

• Information technology literate
• Excellent timekeeping and a flexible approach to work. Able to participate with a rotating shift pattern.
• Able to meet the demands of the job such as moving and handling patients and assembling, operating and maintaining clinical equipment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearEnhancements for weekend working