Mental Healthcare Assistant - Bank

Responsibilities

• Support/advise clinical staff in the safe management of patients with mental health difficulties in hospital setting.
• Be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, implementing and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. Demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent, and trustworthy.
• Act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the trust and the NMC Code of Conduct.
• Provide a high standard of individualized patient care reflecting individual needs and involve relatives/carers as appropriate.
• Coordinate assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people with mental health problems in the inpatient setting. Provide nursing care to a defined group or individual patients and offer personal care and support to patients at their most vulnerable times.
• Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide a compassionate, caring and safe environment for patients.
• Provide enhanced care and continuous observations to patients with mental health conditions or experiencing psychological distress.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions that reduce agitation and distress and promote recovery.
• Identify factors that increase and decrease agitation/distress for the patient.
• Always deliver care according to the principles of least restriction.
• Carry out assigned tasks as part of the clinical team in support of registered nurses and undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision, ensuring the safety and well‑being of service users while promoting dignity and human rights through person‑centred care principles.

• Minimum of 12 months care experience
• In receipt of the Care Certificate
• Restraint training

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an Assessment Centre and face‑to‑face interview which will be held on the same day in April.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure 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) has 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.