Job overview
Do you have experience as a Support Worker or Healthcare Assistant?
Would you value a role in a vital mental health service?
We are looking for a part time Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to join our passionate team, working alongside nurses, doctors, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, family therapists, and dieticians, to make a real difference.
Cotswold House Marlborough is a 12 bedded mixed gender ward which offers inpatient and day patient treatment to adults with an eating disorder.
We have a skilful and dedicated MDT team including nurses and HCAs, and within this team you will be directly involved in the assessment, care planning, and delivery of treatment. Each patient has a dedicated care team whom works closely alongside colleagues to support the individual patient. You will also assist in other ward and team duties as directed by the registered nurse.
Main duties of the job
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
1. Assist in delivering a high standard of holistic care to patients and their families/carers in a friendly, respectful, and professional manner.
2. Contribute to and interpret care plans accurately and consistently
3. Normalise appropriate eating behaviours by role modelling and supporting patients at snack and meal times.
4. Carry out delegated care tasks such as escort duty and assist with patient daily living activities
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
5. Excellent opportunities for career progression
6. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
7. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
8. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
9. Competitive pension scheme
10. Lease car scheme
11. Cycle to work scheme
12. Employee Assistance Programme
13. Mental Health First Aiders
14. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
15. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Experience of Providing Care
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
skills
Essential criteria
18. Ability to support & motivate patients.
19. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
20. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
21. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
22. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
23. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
24. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
25. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
26. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing