Healthcare Assistant Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Askam-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate and dedicated team in a mental health unit that values excellence and accountability. This role involves working closely with a multi-disciplinary team to provide high-quality care to individuals facing mental health challenges. You'll engage with patients and their families, ensuring their holistic needs are met while promoting a supportive environment for both staff and service users. With a commitment to staff development and flexible working patterns, this is an excellent opportunity to grow in your career while making a meaningful impact in the community. If you're passionate about mental health and teamwork, this role is for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Staff Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Qualifications

• At least six months of experience in mental health or care settings.
• Understanding of issues contributing to mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support patients.
• Participate in the ongoing support of patients and their carers.
• Contribute to patient safety and care delivery.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Mental Health Knowledge

Compassion

Accountability

Education

Experience in Mental Health Settings

Job description

Are you a compassionate respectful team player committed to promoting excellence and accountability in mental health services?

Do you have excellent communication skills that would enable you to work within a challenging inpatient mental health unit? Working in teams that constantly strive to provide the best possible experience for our service users and their carers?

The Unit provides assessment and interventions for clients, operates seven days a week, and is accessible 24 hours per day.

Dova is a 20-bedded unit supporting individuals with a range of mental health issues.

Ideally, you should have at least six months of previous experience working within mental health settings or in a care setting. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the issues that contribute to individuals experiencing mental health difficulties.

We are committed to staff development and provide encouragement and support to staff to continue their lifelong learning. We are also passionate about the supervision process. You will be expected to fully engage in the process for yourself and provide support to others as appropriate.

The successful post holder will be expected to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.

Mental health services at Dane Garth, Barrow, are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing.

The post holder would support the delivery of care in the inpatient units.

1. Work as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working within a rotational shift system to support patients according to their care needs, some of whom may present with problematic or challenging behaviour.
2. Contribute to, and participate in, the ongoing support of patients and their carers.
3. Contribute to the protection of patients from abuse.
4. Contribute to the health, safety and security of patients and their environment.
5. Obtain, transmit, and store information relating to the delivery of a care service.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Dec 2024.