An exciting opportunity for a health care assistant has arisen within our Adult Community Mental Health Services in Oxford House, Bishops Stortford. Part time or flexible working applications will also be considered.
We are looking for enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our vibrant, friendly and supportive team.
This is an excellent Health Care Assistant opportunity for someone who is looking to further development with their knowledge of nursing in a community setting.
Successful Health Care Assistant will be working closely with experienced colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team and making a difference to the quality of our service users.
Successful Health Care Assistant candidates will also benefit from a competitive salary, staff benefits package and excellent career development opportunities, regular supervision, and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust .
We have a development opportunity to the successful candidates to develop their career pathway in health care. the opportunity to become either nursing associate or a qualified nurse. We also offer phlebotomist training.
Main duties of the job
Providing services to people with Severe Mental Illness. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary Team, working in partnership with a range of stakeholders inside and outside of the Trust under the clinical supervision and oversight of the Clinical Nurse Specialist. The post holder will be undertaking physical health checks, and well-being assessments, within the larger context of the new transformation of mental health support in East Hertfordshire.
The post holder with partake in the Clozapine clinic taking weekly bloods and monitoring levels.
Enabling patients to access the support they need to recover from their mental health and physical health problems, promoting and maintaining recovery. They will also support the locality in ensuring the Severe Mental Illness (SMI) registers are updated.
In return we offer structured supervision, access to training and development as part of your own personal development and support plan.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality CommissionOur family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
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