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Job role: Band 3 Health Care Assistant
Company name: NHS jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year
Job Sector: Health Care
Job reference: C9411-25-0080
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About the Job:
Working under agreed supervision and support structures and in line with defined care plans and related policies and procedures, utilising basic observation, therapeutic communication and relationship skills, to support day-to-day working with complex and challenging children and their families:
- To work collaboratively with the core team, to assist in or lead on defined tasks andactivities in the day-to-day assessment and treatment of care needs.
- To undertake defined observations or tasks related to a particular child, or group of children, to inform the assessment and treatment process. This includes ensuring
- Effective and timely communication of any information received including incident or personal observation which may affect the childs physical/mental well-being or increase risk to others.
- To assist and support the provision and further development of the therapeutic milieu through processes concerning active participating in risk assessment, risk management and therapeutic activity planning.
- To contribute to the provision of high quality verbal and written clinical reports in relation to defined care and management plans and in line with related policy and procedures.
- To actively access and participate in the unit clinical supervision and support process enabling the development of a range of skills to enhance therapeutic activities, observation and communication skills.
- To co-work in defined formal therapy group work and education activities with the support and guidance of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To follow agreed policies and protocols.
Under the direction and supervision of the Team Co-ordinator:
- To organise and deliver on defined activities and outings on a daily and weekly basis in line with assessment and treatment goals for individual and groups of children.
- To report on any needs around staffing or other aspects in relation to planned activities you are responsible for as they arise.
- To support the team in the provision of a safe and healthy environment autonomous.
- To ensure personal training and development needs are defined and met in line with the service learning/development/competency requirements for band 3 staff and in line with the agreed PDP processes. This includes developing skills in providing evidence-based practice through professional study and participation of tasks related to research and audit.
- To actively participate in, and at times contribute to, the unit in house training anddevelopment programme.
- To provide a mentor role to new support staff working in the service and support their ongoing development needs under the direction of the Inpatient Manager.
HOUSE-KEEPING TASKS:
This is not an exhaustive list but gives an indication of the types of tasks you will be expected to autonomously undertake or ensure completion of on a daily basis:
- Meal planning/ order to kitchens.
- Outcome/feedback forms from children and their carers
- Identify and ensure supplies maintained – bread, milk, basic stores, linen etc.
- General filing nurse office.
- Identifying and reporting on repairs, cleanliness and tidying of unit environment.
- Bed making/room tidyingKeeping storage areas clean, tidy and safe.
- Basic emergency file/checks.
- Tasks of opening and closure of unit.
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