Main area: Adult Mental Health Services - Inpatient Ward
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Patterns)
Job ref: 267-OA7073518
Employer: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Littlemore Mental Health Centre
Town: Oxford
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum/pro-rata. (Plus RSU allowance £1475 per annum/pro-rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/03/2025 23:59
Healthcare Assistant - Ashurst Ward, Oxford
Band 3
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do.
Job overview
Are you a caring and organised individual seeking a career which would make a huge difference in mental health?
We are currently recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to join the Ashurst ward. This is an 11 bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, for those who have acute or severe and enduring mental illnesses, often with co-morbidities, which require treatment which would otherwise not be able to be given in the community or acute ward environment.
Ashurst Ward aims to provide the most intensive nursing care and proactive and effective treatment to promote service users to recover and return to their usual place of residence.
You will become part of a dynamic team for patients requiring assessment, care and nursing interventions, within an environment which is fast paced, dynamic and high in engagement - with a real opportunity to make a difference to others.
Main duties of the job
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
* To actively engage service users in meaningful conversation and therapeutic activity.
* Written documentation of your observations and interactions with service users clearly and accurately.
* To participate as a member of the team in delivering care as prescribed in the individuals care plan.
* Participate in the development, monitoring and evaluation of individual care plans.
* Develop therapeutic relationships as part of the ongoing assessment and care delivery process.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Demonstrate knowledge and ability to communicate with patients with complex needs.
Qualifications
* A good command of English Language.
Experience
* Previous experience of working in a clinical/rehabilitation setting.
Skills/Qualities
* Enthusiasm to work with people and promote a therapeutic environment.
* Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
* Able to recognize stress/anxieties in colleagues, patients and their families.
If you have any questions or queries about the role, the team, or the ward, please get in touch with Jessica Young (interim ward manager) on Jessica.Young@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk or 01865 902300.
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