Healthcare Assistant - Laurel Ward | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Senior Healthcare Support Workers provide personalised care to service
users, undertaking clinical tasks with supportive supervision as required.
Those in this role will spend significant amounts of time engaging with people who use our services.

Senior Healthcare Support Workers may go on to progress to become a
Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner, once they have completed the necessary training and demonstrated the necessary competences., Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

Working under the guidance of a Registered Nurse/ AP/NA/B4, to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.

Supporting junior to staff and leading on providing hands-on care to service users including:
a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.
b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the
importance of maintaining the service user's respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
c. Escalating any concerns to a Registered Nurse.
d. Monitoring and recording service user clinical observations, such as Physical observations and vital signs and escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional.(Band 4 or Registered Nurse).
e. Implementing the principles of 'recovery': encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest.

Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.

Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient are met including activities such as property checks, orientation to services, and ensuring that community support needs are met under direction of a senior clinician.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and talented individual to join an established and supportive team. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic healthcare assistant to work within a stimulating and rewarding inpatient setting.

You will have the opportunity to make networks with community teams and other external agencies. You will gain experience of working with individuals facing a wide range of mental health issues who require short term intensive work and the support of specialist mental health services. The emphasis is on prioritising individuals within the care pathway; assessing individual needs; providing a range of individual and group interventions and working with the team to prioritise discharge.

We are seeking individuals who are friendly, approachable, compassionate and motivated with good communication skills. The successful candidate should be able to provide care to service users, undertake clinical tasks with supportive supervision as required.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.