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Job summary

Main area
Bank
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
287-BANK-109-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool University Hospitals - All Sites
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bank - Healthcare Assistant - Mental Health

Band 2

Job overview

The Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust has a number of vacancies for Bank - Band 2 Mental Health HCAs.

We are offering the opportunity for suitably experienced individuals to apply for one of these posts which are offered in a range of medical and surgical settings. 

This Trust is an exciting and rewarding place to work and successful applicants will be offered full support in settling into your new role.

We offer a full and comprehensive training and induction period, and you will assigned to a mentor who will guide and support you through your learning and development. 

We are looking for caring individuals with a passion to provide excellent standards of care and support to our patients with experience working in a Mental Health setting.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision and direction of a registered nurse assisting the Ward / Department team in providing the highest possible standard of basic care for patients and their families/carer in particular those with mental health and complex needs.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Assist patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carry out all aspects of personal care and grooming (to include emptying catheter bags).
  • Support wards in caring for patients with mental health or complex issues and provide 1 to 1 support to ensure their safety
  • Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
  • Support of patients in managing incontinence.
  • Measures patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts and reports information to Registered nurse.
  • Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting/feeding patients as necessary.
  • Assist patients in completing menu forms and liaise with the Catering Department with regard to the number of meals needed
  • Reports patients dietary intake as indicated in the patients plan of care. 
  •  Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
  • Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances as directed by individual care plans. 
  • Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
  • Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing. - Escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital.
  •  Assist Registered Nurse in performing last offices.
  • General observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 2

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Suitable work / life experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in a caring role

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Basic Computer Skills

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the Healthcare setting

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate clearly in written & spoken word

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedStep into health

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bank Recruitment
Job title
Bank Recruitment
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 529 6999
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