Nursing Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to join the expanding Navigo family, working as a Nursing Assistant within the Acute services, which encompassess single point of access(SPA), crisis, liaison, home treatment, substance misuse and the inpatientlodges. Wether you're looking to start a new career, or you already have experience supporting people with health & social needs, we want to hearfrom hard working, kind, caring and compassionate people who want to make adifference to the lives of others.

Ourteams work across the locality in a holistic, person-centred andtrauma-informed approach to deliver services that we'd be happy for our ownfamilies to use.

The role of aNursing Assistant is pivotal to the safe and effective delivery of mental health services, supporting on the delivery of care packages and the assessment,treatment and rehabilitation of the individuals using our services. This will include providing emotional support, assisting with activities of daily livingand advocating for the individuals who use our services. The role is alsoimperative to ensuring that working practices are safe and effective, through implementation of risk management plans, supervision, continuous professional development and reflection.

We'recurrently considering candidates for inpatient acute.

Hello!

We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire'smental health and well-being. We are an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.

The whole basis of our work isto deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.

We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialistsupport such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitationand recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eatingdisorder facility.

Ranked as one of the top UKcompanies to work for, we featured in the Best Companies top 100 large companylist and were named sixth best health and social care company 2023.

As a social enterprise, we dothings a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre and two cafes.

Working at Navigo is not likeworking anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.

We like to work withforward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Specific duties and responsibilities vary depending on the specific role and service,however all of our Nursing Assistants are supported by a team of qualifiedprofessionals.

Duties include:

To developknowledge and understanding of the lived experience of people in your care sothat you can provide the right support that will meet their own identified needs.

To advocate for your service users so that they are at the forefront of designing their ownmental health care and support and so that their voice is heard at all levels.

To developsupportive and caring relationships with individual service users and toprovide daily support through encouragement, understanding and motivation.

To deliverprescribed 1:1 and group interventions within the scope of the support plan,with care and compassion, this may include but this list is not exhaustive:

I.Budgeting,benefits and welfare rights

II.Diet,exercise and well-being

III.Planning,shopping and cooking of meals

IV.Education,occupation, training and development

V.Healthylifestyle, healthy choices

VI.Activities of daily living

VII.Administeringof oral medication

VIII.Rest,relaxation and vocation

To provide updates to senior staff of individuals mood, behaviour, interaction, motivation and mental health so that plans of care can be reviewed accordingly.

Sensitivelysupport individuals with activities of daily living with the goal to meet theseneeds and enhance these essential living skills.

To work withand without direct supervision.

Help identifyearly signs of relapse and regression by monitoring the individual's progress,level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the persons care.

To undertakesuch other…