Healthcare Assistant: Mental Health Inpatients

Job summary

We are currently looking for outstanding Health Care Assistants to join our Adult Inpatient Service at Berrywood Hospital in Northampton. We currently have vacancies on Marina Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (Marina PICU) Cove Ward (Male acute) Bay Ward (Female acute) and Harbour Ward (Mixed acute) The roles also involve supporting the Health Based Place of Safety.

Marina PICU is a 7-bed ward for adult males predominantly between the ages of 18 and 65. Patients are referred to the ward who are unable to be managed safely on an acute mental health ward due to disturbed behaviours associated with their mental illness. Patients predominantly present with risks towards others in the form of violent and aggressive behaviour; their behaviours may also lead them to being a risk towards themselves; patients may also be at risk of absconding.

Both Bay Ward (female) and Cove Ward (male) are 17 bedded wards and provides care for people predominantly between the ages of 18 and 65. The wards primary role is to provide a comprehensive range of services for patients with a mental disorder who are either detained under the Mental Health Act or Informal.

Harbour Ward (Mixed gender) is a 12 bed, Acute ward of which provides care predominantly for people between the ages of 18 and 65. Its primary role too, is to provide a comprehensive range of services for patients with a mental disorder who are either detained under the Mental Health Act or Informal

Main duties of the job

We are looking for Health Care Assistants to support in the delivery of outstanding care to this vulnerable group of service users. You do not need to have prior peer support experience or training to apply for our HCA roles, however you may be expected to attend a role specific training if you have not undertaken prior training.

It is expected that you will become confident in supporting highly volatile and emotive situations. Through supervision and debriefing, we will expect you to continuously learn from situations in order to deliver quality care and improve your practice.

The post holder will need to share the core values of NHFT, demonstrating a commitment to clinical excellence, shared leadership & collaborative working which aims to deliver improvement and innovation. Being able to work independently as well as part of an MDT is essential and it is important that the successful candidate is able to foster positive working relationship across services and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. We have an expectation that you will be able to work together with your colleagues, take responsibility, be authentic and embrace change; we will support you to develop these leadership behaviours so that you become an exceptional member of your team delivering outstanding compassionate care to our patients.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Berrywood Hospital, Northampton

• 7 bedded Male PICU service
• 17 bedded male Direct Admission, Assessment and Recovery Ward
• 17 bedded female Direct Admission, Assessment and Recovery Ward.
• 12 bedded mixed gender Assessment and Recovery Ward

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Berrywood Drive

Northampton

NN5 6UD

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Berrywood Drive

Northampton

NN5 6UD

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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