Healthcare Assistants

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Grays; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health provider in the UK is seeking empathetic and dedicated individuals to join their team, providing direct care in community settings. The ideal candidate will support patients while upholding their dignity and beliefs. Successful applicants will contribute to innovative care solutions, working with a high standard of safety and integrity. Join this inclusive organization committed to mental health, community service, and patient well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience in direct patient care in mental health settings.
• Ability to maintain patient dignity and respect individual beliefs.
• Capable of undertaking physical patient care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in mental health community settings.
• Assist in monitoring health and safety of patients.
• Actively participate in care strategies and processes.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Undertaking assigned tasks that involve direct patient care in the mental health community settings.
• Act in a manner that protects and maintains the patient's sense of dignity, personal relationships and social contact, while respecting the individual's religious beliefs and cultural practices.
• Lifting and moving of patients when required - in lines with the Trust's manual handling policy.
• Taking and recording of blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration.
• Assist in monitoring and maintaining the health and safety of patients. As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Additional Information

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks. Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

The successful applicant will be a keen and enthusiastic person, ideally with experience working in the caring profession. We are looking for someone who is motivated and able to work within a team as well as independently. As part of this role you will be required to be willing to develop your knowledge and skills through a variety of training.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk. We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care. You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive. The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award. We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years. We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust. We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars. Join us and you'll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.