Healthcare Support worker/ Enablement AssistantinSouthamptoninSouthamptonPUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024
Candidates will also be expected to accurately monitor and document patients' mental and physical states, undertake risk assessments, and raise concerns appropriately. This position offers a potential career pathway, including opportunities for advancement to senior roles and nursing apprenticeships, and the organisation is open to discussing flexible working arrangements during the interview process.
We are looking for staff to assist the qualified team to provide specialist healthcare, neuropsychiatry, rehabilitation, and enablement services to adults with a cognitive impairment on our Kite ward. This is achieved through a person centred care approach, which is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of the individual and their family/carers. Identified needs will be assessed, treatments implemented and evaluated in partnership with service users as well as family/carers.
To provide high standards of effective health care for people accessing the assessment service. This includes intimate personal care, daily domestic duties, recreational activities, educational opportunities, and the management of financial affairs and a full range of everyday living requirements.
This role can be part of a career pathway, which includes senior enablement assistant, nursing apprenticeships and associate practitioner roles.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Actively promote recovery focussed care with patients, in conjunction with other health professionals, including achievement of set goals.
Support patients with their rehabilitation and recovery, respecting them as individuals, supporting them and understanding their right to express their needs.
Accurately assess, describe and record observations on progress or change in both patients' mental and physical state, using appropriate assessment tools. Escalating any concerns as appropriate.
Undertake clinical and environmental risk assessments and document key risk areas, seeking guidance from more senior staff when dealing with cases indicating a high level of risk.
To raise incidents appropriately via the reporting system in an accurate, objective and concise manner.
Provide information on improving health and wellbeing and signposting to other agencies as appropriate.
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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
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