Healthcare Assistant

Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Nhs Foundation Trust; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Healthcare Assistant to join the Mulberry 1 team on a 6-month fixed-term maternity cover in Fulbourn Hospital. The role involves working with the nursing team to deliver high-quality care for adults aged 18-65 in an Acute Assessment unit.

You will be trained and mentored by registered professionals, follow care plans, and help ensure safe, compassionate care.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate plus experience as a Healthcare Support Worker
• Experience of working as part of a healthcare team
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and IT literacy

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the nursing team to follow a care plan and deliver high-quality care to adults with diverse health needs
• Assist in delivering personal care, mobility support and related duties as delegated
• Apply competency-based treatment techniques under supervision of a qualified practitioner
• Ensure documentation and confidentiality are maintained
• Provide a high standard of care and contribute to patient safety and well-being
• Support services within an Acute Assessment unit as required

Skills

Verbal and written communication

IT literacy

Education

NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS POST IS CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN TO EMPLOYEES OF CPFT.

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.

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job 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

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care; or Care Certificate plus experience as a Healthcare Support Worker; or Experience of working as a Healthcare Support Worker

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as part of a team

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with people with mental health problems

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• IT literacy using Microsoft Office
• Motivated to provide exceptional care.

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Ability to carry out physical interventions.
• Physically able to undertake a demanding role safely, as and when required.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.