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Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Fulbourn, England, United Kingdom at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Title: Healthcare Assistant
Company: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Location: Fulbourn, England, United Kingdom
Are you looking for career development in Adult Mental Health Specialising in an award winning Personality Disorder Service?
Located in the vibrant University City of Cambridge, Springbank Ward at Fulbourn Hospital provides exceptional career development opportunities in the recovery focused care of adults experiencing difficulties associated with a diagnosis of Borderline personality Disorder.
We are currently looking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic and motivated a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our team, in providing an innovative and forward thinking service as we continue to develop and improve our award winning inpatient service.
The post holder will provide support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.
They will undertake assigned tasks under the general supervision of a registered nurse, including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
The post holder will be trained to ensure that issues of equality, diversity and rights are dealt with in accordance with good practice and legislation.
The post holder with assist in facilitating the ward programme inclusive of
facilitating groups and therapeutic activities. The post holder will undertake Senior Health Care Assistant duties and support of Junior staff.
You may be required to undertake and successfully complete the new national Care Certificate within a 12 weeks’ timeframe if you meet our criteria. You will receive full training and support and The Care Certificate sets out 15 national care standards that must be achieved by all health and social care staff to demonstrate that they have the skills and knowledge needed to provide safe and excellent quality of care. It is a foundation programme which can provide the first steps to career development within the NHS.Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anna Kewley Job title: Interim Ward Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01223 219484
Please feel free to contact and discuss the role further/arrange a visit to the ward.
Email is preferred.
