Healthcare Assistant

Hpft; Colchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to join the Essex Learning Disability Partnership. The role focuses on delivering compassionate care to individuals with learning disabilities within the Enhanced Support Team, based in Essex.

You will work under supervision, with regular reflective practice and training, to promote health, wellbeing and safety for service users in the community and potential inpatient settings.

Qualifications

• Experience working with Health & Social Care settings.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, service users and carers.
• Demonstrates compassionate, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to an allocated group of service users as delegated by the Team Leader.
• Work within the Community Specialist Learning Disability Team in line with service needs.
• Maintain accurate records of tasks, observations and events and report to the team.

Skills

Healthcare assistance

Communication

Record keeping

Education

NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent

Job description

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS.

When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Whilst we welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.

Essex Learning Disability Partnership are looking for a Healthcare Assistantwith a passion for delivering the highest standard of care for individuals that have a learning disability.

You will be working as a healthcare assistant within the Enhanced Support Team with service users who can present with complex and challenging needs. The job role will be based in Essex.

Main duties of the job

Main Responsibilities

• The postholder will provide support to an allocated group of service users as delegated by the Team Leader or agreed registered practitioner. The postholder will be expected to work within the Community Specialist Learning Disabilty Team in line with service needs.
• The postholder will receive regular supervision as appropriate to their ongoing developmental needs and requirements and partake in reflective practice and training on a regular basis.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Role

• To have regard for the physical, psychological, emotional and environmental needs of the service users and their carers
• To provide support as directed by the Nurse Team leader and in close liaison with other agencies delivering agreed outcomes.
• To work with colleagues and Health Access Champions in a variety of settings , reporting any concerns for service user health and wellbeing to the Nurse Team Leader
• To keep accurate records of tasks undertaken, observation and events concerning service users and to report to other members of the team, as appropriate, and to prepare reports as requested
• To maintain and promote good communication and working relationships both within the team and with colleagues from other agencies
• To develop a knowledge and understanding of the specialist needs of service users, and the approaches used in their care across diverse health settings
• In collaboration with Primary Care Networks, support the process of understanding and improving service user experiences of care in other health settings through data collection, observation, feedback, discussion, and reporting through the clinical team
• Provide information of health promotion and healthy living as appropriate to individual need
• To undertake and assist in the organisation of the day to day smooth running of the service
• Contribute towards the ongoing quality of service and care and identify any risk issues in relation to the service users health and social care need
• Networking and promoting positive relationships within the primary care network

Qualifications

• Evidence of academic qualifications achievement
• NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Health Care Assistant – working in a Health & Social Care setting.
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability, who may have mental health needs and / or challenging behaviours

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.