Health Care Assistant

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Colchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care provider in Colchester is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join their CAMHS wards. This role provides an opportunity to work within a supportive team, promoting recovery and social inclusion. Candidates should be prepared for face-to-face interviews and flexible in working hours, including shifts. Benefits include generous holiday allowance, a robust pension scheme, and staff discounts. Training through the HCA Academy will be provided to enhance skills and knowledge.

Benefits

27 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Excellent pension scheme

Staff discounts and benefits

Interest-free season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Understanding of the Mental Health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Ability to follow Policies and Procedures regarding Violence and Aggression.
• Commitment to ongoing self-development and training.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe practice in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• Promote recovery and social inclusion models in care.
• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness in the work environment.
• Assist in implementing planned care programmes.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Empathy

Adaptability

Education

Health and Social Care qualification

Job description

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.

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

Additional duties

• Assist and maintaining tidiness, encouraging a welcoming, therapeutic atmosphere, clean environment within the unit
• Responsible for working with your colleagues, seeking to improve the quality of services provided to our residents
• Assist in planning programmes of care together with the unit team. Implementing these plans under the supervision of the designated Supervisor
• Contribute to record keeping under the supervision of a qualified staff member keeping accurate records of residents care with due regard to the confidentiality of information relating to patients. It is the responsibility of the qualified staff to arrange regular reviews and to countersign all entries into records.
• Flexible and co-operative and willing in undertaking allocated realistic team tasks
• Undertake cleaning of spillages, including body fluids in line with Trust infection control policies and procedures
• Collection specimens for investigations
• The role includes working shifts including early, late and night shifts, weekends and public holidays and rotate to other ward areas as per service need and/or annually
• 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).

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years\' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.