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Healthcare Assistant

Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foun
Location
Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
18 Apr 2021

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

A new and exciting vacancy opportunity for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) has arisen on Cotswold House Oxford. You will be joining an eating disorder team that is pioneering the CBT-ED program aimed at supporting patients with eating problems to recover or improve quality of life. Cotswold House Oxford is a specialist eating disorder service, offering 14 inpatients and 6 day treatment places. We provide a seamless service, from inpatient to outpatient or vice versa. We work closely with the Community Eating Disorder Team, local services and external agencies.

We work with adults (over 18) and with young people who are approaching their 18th birthday and likely to require support or treatment into adulthood. We mostly accept referrals for patients from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We also work under the New Care Model, whereby we work with other care providers and support each other in the allocation of resources and shared experience. So we are not just limited to the two counties, but also admit patients from these care providers and outside areas as well.

Our aim is to provide the highest standard of care in a safe, caring and excellent way, ensuring that care provision is collaborative, holistic and individualised. The ward commits itself to ensuring that care delivery is based on collaborative and continuous assessment of mental and psychological needs, risk reduction, physical, spiritual and social needs. Cotswold House aims to provide services that respects the privacy, dignity, choices and confidentiality of each individual patient, acknowledging their culture, ethnicity, physical ability, gender and religious beliefs.

Applicants should be highly motivated with a willingness to learn. If successful you will be part of the well-established multi-disciplinary team including nurses, occupational therapists, social worker, physiotherapist, psychological therapists, doctors, dieticians, nurses, students, pharmacist, chaplaincy, nursing associate trainees, housekeepers, administrators and consultant. We are committed to developing a strong team and supporting your career progression.

We are interested in recruiting someone who is looking to gain skills as an inpatient mental health care assistant. You might be a more experienced Band 3 HCA who is wishing to further develop the range and breadth of their knowledge and skills with a view of further opportunities and development to access the Apprenticeship or Nursing Associate Trainee courses. The role involves working as a member of the ward MDT in delivering a high standard of holistic care to patients and supporting carers in a friendly, respectful and professional manner.

We would encourage you to give us a call to discuss the role and welcome visits from interested applicants.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Ellen Tutisani -Modern Matron

[email protected]

01865 9026534

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  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3-5 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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