# Healthcare Assistant (Phoenix Ward)

**Company**: South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust
**Location**: Tooting
**Salary**: £31554.00 to £33270.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

**Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9294-26-0492?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/healthcare-assistant-phoenix-ward-36796b08-b47/

## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Healthcare Assistant (HCA) - Band 3 to be part of the inpatient team on Phoenix Ward within the rehabilitation service.

The Phoenix Unit is a high dependency/high support locked rehabilitation ward focusing on managing severe and complex mental disorders within the recovery model. The ward provides intensive support to patients with severe and treatment-resistant symptoms of mental illness, associated with multiple or severe co-morbid conditions, functional deficits, significant risk histories, and inability to be maintained in the community.

**Main Duties of the Job**

- Working under the guidance of a Registered Nurse/AP/NA/B4, implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities.

- Lead on and undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional, and social support.

- Support junior staff and lead on providing hands-on care to service users, including undertaking 1-1 engagement, recognising and valuing service users as individuals, and escalating any concerns to a Registered Nurse.

- Monitor and record service user clinical observations, such as physical observations and vital signs, and escalate as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration.

- Implement the principles of recovery, encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities, and other activities of their interest.

- Escort service users as required, in line with Trust policies.

- Facilitate the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient are met.

- Advocate for service users' needs and rights within Trust policy.

**About Us**

We are proud to belong to South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, with expert services, a rich history, and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. Our services are rated as 'good' by the Care Quality Commission, and we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

**Benefits**

We offer flexible working, career development, and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/).

## Skills

### Required
- Care Certificate
- English and Mathematics basic qualifications
- Empathy for individuals with mental health problems
- Ability to provide quality care
- Communication skills

### Nice to have
- Level 2/3 Health and Social care qualification
- Training and experience in specialist skills such as ECG, Vital Signs, Phlebotomy
- Experience in facilitating groups

---

Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9294-26-0492?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)