Healthcare Assistant

We are excited to advertise a Healthcare Assistant post for our Treatment Ward, OAK 1, based at the Edith Cavell site. The Cavell is an accessible site with free parking, a cafe on site and a beautiful modern design with new wards.

At CPFT our adult inpatient wards operate an exciting, ambitious model of care, known as the 3-3-3 model, focussed on providing the right care at the right time. The three wards work together to provide the best care and support possible; Oak 3 our Acute Assessment Unit, where patients stay up to 3 days, Oak 1, our Treatment ward, where patients stay up to 3 weeks, and Oak 4, our Recovery Unit, where patients stay up to 3 months.

We need a charismatic, energetic, enthusiastic health care assistant to support the provision of evidence-based treatment and work with our multi-disciplinary team to support our service users in their recovery. On our Treatment ward we care for our local population experiencing serious mental illness.

You may be required to undertake and successfully complete the new national Care Certificate within a 12 weeks' timeframe if you meet our criteria. You will receive full training and support and The Care Certificate sets out 15 national care standards that must be achieved by all health and social care staff to demonstrate that they have the skills and knowledge needed to provide safe and excellent quality of care. It is a foundation programme which can provide the first steps to career development within the NHS .

The wards bold model requires staff to have a commitment to teamwork, a sense of accountability, and an ability to work well under pressure when required.

If you are successful, we will support you in providing quality evidence-based nursing care for our service users with mental and physical health needs. As a Health Care Assistant, you will interact frequently with carers and families providing support and advice where appropriate.

You will be working as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and will be responsible for tasks under the general supervision of a registered nurse including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care on a rotational shift basis.

We will expect you to have a good level of knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please see job description and personal specification for full details:

Work on the wards to provide care for adults with physical and / or mental health challenges.

To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Support service users to overcome barriers they experience because of their mental or physical health.

Work closely with nurses and other practitioners to provide a therapeutic programme of care.

Report on service users' conditions to nurses and other practitioners.

Provide information to service users using persuasion, reassurance, tact, and empathy.

Provide the necessary physical care to service users to help them complete daily living activities, i.e. personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations, whilst demonstrating empathy, dignity, respect and compassion.

To undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and report results to the nurse in charge.

To provide social activities, emotional support and stability to service users to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.