Job Description
Job Title: Mental Health Healthcare Assistant
Trust Location: Greater Manchester
Pay Rates: Days £9.57 Nights & Saturdays £14.53 Sundays & Bank Holidays £19.58
Shift Patterns: Long days, Nights, Twilight and Split shifts
Metal Health Care assistants helping patients through difficult chapters of their life, providing trust and being trusted, your integral in helping patients on their journey home, giving patients hope or helping them to prosper and flourish.
Having an open mind and a flexible approach to care is key within this sector. This will enable you to establish the best possible ways to care for your service user or patient. You will develop exceptionally positive and robust relationships with patients and their families, building trust and confidence.
This Manchester Mental HealthTrust provides care and treatment for people with mild to moderate conditions such as depression, anxiety and dementia, through to high-level mental health illnesses such as schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder.
As a Mental Health Care Assistant with NHS professionals, you’ll be working across one of our mental health units located across six boroughs: Bury, Glossop, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside. With over 88 different locations you’ll be able to choose the most appropriate for your skill set.
Whatever your motivations, if you have a passion for mental health care and would like to join a supportive team with inspiring leadership and support, we’d love to hear from you.
We currently have work available on:
- Working Age Adult Wards
- Older Mental Health Wards
- Forensics/ Secure Units
- A&E Liaison Units
- CAMH wards and Secure Units
- Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
- Home based / Community Treatment Teams
You’ll receive the following benefits:
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency
- Wellbeing incentives –take advantage of the wellbeing hub
- Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week
- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime
- Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
- Training and development opportunities
- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
- Stakeholder pension scheme available
What you’ll be responsible for:
- To act as a positive role model to the service users and staff.
- To demonstrate appropriate de-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subject to achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression techniques.
- Escort patients as appropriate to other areas of the hospital or outside the hospital as delegated by trained member of staff.
- Completion of regular physical health observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperwork within the admission process, including smoking / alcohol recording forms.
- Supporting qualified staff in the participation of the care planning process.
The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.
You’ll need to have the following qualification/experience:
- Minimum of 6 months experience within the last 2 years as either Mental Health Care Support Work in the UK (Private or NHS) hospital / UK Prison or specialist Mental Health Care Home.
- NVQ Level 2 or above or Btec Diploma in Health and Social Care or Healthcare Support services.
Or
Completed Care Certificate
- Valid in date restraint training ie PMVA
Who are NHS Professionals?
We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Freelance, Zero hours contract
Contract length: 12-24 months
Part-time hours: 8-48 per week
Salary: £9.57-£19.58 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Unlimited paid holidays
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- No weekends
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Oldham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have Care Certificate or Level 2 or Higher NVQ in Health and Social care or equivalent formal care qualification
Education:
- Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)
Experience:
- UK Mental Health: 1 year (required)
- NHS or Private hospital: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- in date Restraint training ie PMVA or Mapa (required)
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 13/02/2023
Reference ID: National Bank