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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work / life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Healthcare Support Worker
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 14:09
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 14:09
Key details
Location
- Site
- Saxon Suite
- Address
- Fountain Street
- Town
- Asht0n Under Lyne
- Postcode
- OL6 9RW
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Mental Health
About the Trust
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Job overview
Saxon Suite is a male acute ward offering care for male patients of working age from the Tameside area. We are an 22 bedded ward on the Tameside Hospital site.
Nursing Assistants play a vital role in delivering care to the the patients on Hollingworth ward. They have the most direct patient contact out of staff on the ward and engage with the patients on a 1-1 basis or in groups. The role of the Nursing Assistant is broad and varied one. Working amongst a wider team of professionals enables individuals to learn from one another and contribute to providing high levels of care.
If you do not hold a current competency-based qualification and or the Care Certificate, you will be expected to complete an appropriate apprenticeship in healthcare with Pennine Care with which we would support you.
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Key Responsibilities of the Post:
- Provide Safe and Effective Care
- Treat patients as individuals
- Engage patients in their own care
- Strive to provide an outstanding service
- Be clear about the ward vision and the role that the Nursing Assistant plays within the team
- Engage in learning and development
- Contribute to growth through regular supervision and annual appraisal
- Be a member of a team, establishing your own role within that team
- Nursing Assistant will be an informal leader, setting an example for others members within the team.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To assist the qualified staff, as required in the delivery of care.
To work as a member of the team with the support and supervision of a
registered nurse and in line with the policies and procedures agreed by Pennine Care NHS Trust.
To ensure the promotion of safety, wellbeing and interests of clients, staff and visitors to the unit if ward based.
To provide personal care to patients in accordance with their individualised care plan in a respectful manner, showing proper regard to their right to privacy and dignity.
Provide input to care plan discussions with a qualified practitioner where
requested, using knowledge of patient and environment.
To assist patients in the maintenance of adequate nutrition and hydration, where necessary using a therapeutic approach and following a detailed care plan. If ward based to help patients choose and order appropriately from the menu taking into account any special dietary requirements.
Under direction and agreement of a qualified practitioner the postholder will independently undertake escort duty with patients, including where the patients have been risk assessed or might present with more complex needs.
To carry out duties as allocated by a qualified practitioner. Engage with patients to undertake activities and carry out duties that have been agreed with a qualified practitioner and follow a care plan. Required to use own initiative and decision making in the planning and delivery of some basic activities
To complete patient monitoring charts in relation to e.g. weight, input/output of diet and fluids, observation, responding etc.
To undertake and record clinical observations(e.g temperature, pulse, blood pressure) as required and instructed with access to supervision from a qualified member of staff. Recording the observations accordingly and escalating any concerns to a qualified practitioner as appropriate.
To undertake and record therapeutic observations in accordance with the Trust’s Observation & Engagement Policy (for example general, 1:1 and 2:1 observations) as required and instructed with access to supervision from a qualified member of staff. Remain vigilant throughout the observation period and make relevant notes on the observation sheets of the patient’s presentation. To escalate concerns to a qualified practitioner as appropriate.
To have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and to be aware of relevant MHA (1983) information when carrying out observations, to support leave appropriately for detained patients under the approval of a qualified practitioner , and to assist with interventions with detained patients.
Demonstrate good interpersonal skills and a positive attitude within the team and when dealing with the patients, their families and members of the public.
To contribute to maintaining the ward’s agreed philosophy, aims and objectives.
To participate in the maintenance of the ward environment to ensure cleanliness, tidiness, in accordance with information policy.
To accurately document nursing care in the nursing notes when required which will then be countersigned by a qualified practitioner Understand and monitor the ward environment engaging with patients to de stimulate and reduce potential for escalation as needed
Will be frequently exposed to physically and verbally aggressive challenging behaviours and expected to initiate de-escalation techniques in potentially harmful or challenging situations, escalating any concerns to a senior member of staff immediately
To be competent in all aspects of reducing restrictive practices, which includes the early prevention of violence and aggression using least restrictive approaches, positive behaviour support through to physical manual restraint as a last option. This can be part of planned interventions set by a qualified member of staff or as an intervention to manage challenging behaviours as they occur, immediately alerting a qualified practitioner for support and supervision.
To ensure that security protocols and procedures are carried out over a 24-hour period and any possible breaches should be reported to the senior nurse immediately.
To communicate effectively with patients, staff, families and other external agencies and use a polite telephone manner. To use verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health or learning disability needs.
To ensure effective communication, either verbal or written is carried out amongst the team and by reporting any change or unusual occurrence in an individual’s behaviour or condition to the registered nurse.
To assist in the safekeeping of patients property and clothing as required.
To participate in staff support groups and clinical supervision.
To work as part of the ward team, promoting high standards of care.
To understand the importance of the need for confidentiality in all patient matters, and in accordance with the GDPR and Trust policy.
To comply with Trust policy and management instruction with regard to health and safety and to fire prevention and, in particular, not to do anything that endangers yourself or others.
To have a responsibility to be aware of and report safeguarding concerns to a senior nurse and record in notes where required
Facilitate patient activities under the direction of qualified staff. To assist
Occupational Therapy staff in their therapeutic activity with patients; and to assist any other Allied Health Professionals
To be flexible to meet the needs of the unit.
To be willing to undertake a full range of shifts as per the requirements of the service. Subject to any requests made and agreed in accordance with the Trusts
A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.
Disclosure Barring Certificate check
All of our new starters, who are appointed to a post which requires a Disclosure Barring Certificate check (DBS), will be recharged for the full cost of the check (DBS checks for volunteers are free of charge).
An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month’s salary.
If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.
We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).
Other important information
- We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
- Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
- This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
- You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview
- We will notify you by email if you have been shortlisted or not. Computer access is available at your local job centre or library. Please make sure you check your spam filter/junk folder. If any mail goes to your junk folder please mark it as safe
- If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post
- If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application
- We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
- Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges. We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our recruiting managers directly.
Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE (or equivalent) level of education with passes in English, maths and science, or functional skills level 2
- Experience in a care setting developing competencies in basic clinical care
- Completion of Fundamental Care Certificate
- ICT Competent
- PMVA Training or willingness and ability to complete prior to start date
- Willingness to undertake and complete all essential training in accordance with compliance matrix for this role
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with diverse groups of people developing a range of basic care skills.
- Previous experience of working in a care setting.
- Experience of being able to plan and prioritise own work under the direction of a qualified member of staff
- Experience of how to build up trust and rapport with people
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience with people with Mental Health or Learning Disabilities or experience in a clinical setting related to mental heath
- Experience of using electronic patient notes and records, or willingness to undertake training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of Mental Health and Mental Illness, its effects on the individual, family and friends. Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act with willingness to learn
- Awareness of the effects of illicit drug use
- Some awareness of early prevention of violence and aggression using least restrictive interventions and practices with willingness to undertake & complete PMVA training and engage in techniques as required
- Able to recognise changes in a patient’s mental and physical condition and act appropriately by alerting the qualified practitioner or nurse in charge
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of emotional intelligence and reflective practice
- Awareness of safeguarding considerations around children and vulnerable adults
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate good interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills. Able to utilise this to engage with people who are experiencing mental ill health and communication barriers.
- Ability to utilise communication skills to deescalate people who are angry or distressed
- Ability to remain calm in challenging situations
- Ability to keep confidential information, and awareness of Data Protection and GDPR.
- Commitment to self-development, ability to treat people with respect and dignity. Must have a good command of the English language both written and spoken word
Desirable criteria
- Good organisational skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Yasmin Akhtar
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 716 3662
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