Health Care Assistant - Oak ward

Oak Ward is a 12 bed Male Intensive inpatient psychiatric unit The Health Care Assistant will have an appreciation and knowledge of unit procedures, competency based clinical observations, and will be able to organise day to day tasks and activities based on an agreed work plan. This role will work with more experienced Registered and Unregistered practitioners providing support to both health and social care professionals. The aim is to assess the service users within a short period of time and identify the most appropriate treatment pathway.

The successful candidates will

display a considerable degree of initiative andpossess mature judgment maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, the police, colleagues and visitors have experience in mental health have experience of caring for vulnerable adults