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Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £25,329.00 to £26,958.00 per year
Job Reference: C9384-24-0882
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About the Job:
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation trust are looking to recruit into a new team which will offer support to mental health patients. The team will comprise of a Lead Nurse, Band 6 RMNs and Mental Health Care Assistants who have/ are working towards a care certificate. If you are interested and available please apply today or email directly to speak to our recruitment team – we are looking forward to hearing from you!
This will be a 24/7 service and staff will need to work flexibly to support the clinical areas.
The role of a MHCA is a very privileged role, you will provide personal care and support to patients at their most vulnerable times. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide a compassionate, caring and safe environment for our patients.
Main duties of the job
- Mandatory Requirements for this role include:o Minimum of 12 months care experienceo In receipt of the Care Certificate Restraint training
- We are recruiting for both bank and substantive positions for this role.
- Interviews for this role will be held on Saturday 28th September at the Royal Surrey.
JOB SUMMARY
Providing enhanced care and continuous observations to patients with mental health conditions or patients experiencing psychological distress. Deliver therapeutic interventions that will reduce agitation and distress and promote recovery. To identify factors that increase and decrease agitation/distress for the patient. To always deliver care according to the principles of least restriction.
Main duties of the job
-To therapeutically engage with patients who have a mental health condition or are experiencingpsychological distress.
– To always deliver care in accordance with the principles of least restriction and in line with national guidance including NICE guidelines for managing disturbed behaviour
– To understand continuous risk assessment of the patient and escalate any increase in risk.
– To identify when patients are experiencing anxiety/distress and therapeutically engage with them to alleviate these symptoms.
– To identify escalation of risk and actively de-escalate the situation.
– To undertake therapeutic activities with the patient, that are appropriate to their presentation.
– To identify an issue that prevents the therapeutic engagement of the patient
– Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
– Undertakes a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on owninitiative.
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
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To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.