Job overview
Elizabeth Casson house is the trust's 8 bedded female intensive care ward. You would be working with some of the most vulnerable & at times challenging individuals within the region. You would work with service users from a range of backgrounds, presenting with a number of different mental health conditions.
Whilst challenging and busy work, it is highly rewarding, seeing the results of your work through our service users improving mental health & ongoing recovery.
You would be supporting the qualified nurses to manage risk whilst supporting independent recovery. This can be going on leave to the local community with service users to supporting them access studies or engaging in activities on the ward.
The team we are developing on the ward, are highly motivated, from a range of backgrounds and strive to give the best, most up to date care.
The ward was recently reopened in August 2022 following a significant redesign, providing us with more open space, a therapeutic sensory based room & enhanced care areas.
Main duties of the job
Your role as a band 3 healthcare support worker will involve supporting the nurse in charge to safely run the shift. You will carry out observations and active engagement with service users. You will take service users out on escorted leave both within the hospital grounds and locally.
You will be working within a nursing team and will have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
You will be responsible for documenting the mental and physical well-being of service users and be encouraged to actively engage in therapeutic interventions and activities.
You will work with a vast range of service users, with varying mental health needs.
You will be expected to carry out physical observations on service users to monitor and support service users physical health, as well as mental health.
It is also a very rewarding job and a real honour to work with individuals during a crisis period in their lives.
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