NHS Jobs
Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 297-8234797
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About the Job:
- To abide by trust policies and procedures
- Build and maintain safe and effective therapeutic relationships
- Support individuals to contribute to collaborative care/support/recovery plans
- Support the named nurse to develop collaborative individual, patient-centered care plans and implement them creatively using initiative.
- Communicate effectively with a wide range of people using a range of preferred methods
- Contribute to monitoring, observing, and engaging with individuals, communicating outcomes and conclusions with the rest of the team.
- Gain an understanding of a person’s experiences in relation to their mental health, learning disability, and/or dementia.
- Understand a person’s coping strategies and strengths and support people to use these at times of distress or difficulty.
- Contribute to reflective practice and encourage compassion and understanding
- Be able to recognize increasing risk and alert significant others and the team to respond as needed.
- Undertake a range of practical tasks and duties in support of the team and individual needs.
- Follow principles of diffusion and de-escalation, and where physical interventions or restraint are required, approach in line with approved techniques, considering the safety and dignity of the individual throughout.
- To feel confident to be able to report untoward incidents and areas of concern as soon as they arise
- To document any relevant information in an electronic record following relevant policy and legislation
- Contribute to individual reviews and team meetings
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.
