Equal Employment Opportunities
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
Benefits
Financial incentives of £3000 per annum attached to this post paid over 12 monthly instalments.
Responsibilities
* Provide support to the Physical Health Team within the secure Health Centre and administration staff.
* Work unsupervised when performing investigations both within the Health Centre and at ward level.
* Assist with escort duties, internally and externally for both patients and visitors.
* Respond appropriately to emergency situations.
* Competently perform venepuncture and ECGs within the Health Centre and at ward level as directed by the requesting clinicians.
* Operate the radio communications set when required and be conversant with hospital radio network procedures.
* Undertake full control and restraint training, manage situations of actual and potential C&R issues using approved techniques or verbal de‑escalation skills.
* Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills to convey factual information to patients and overcome barriers to understanding.
* Work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and experience with peers to provide support through teamwork; participate in regular team meetings.
* Demonstrate appropriate skills to deal with patients with challenging behaviour and adapt to unpredictable demands of patients and service needs.
* Assist with therapeutic monitoring of all relevant medication, being aware of data information systems.
* Be aware of patients' well‑being, taking into account mental, physical, security and potential violent issues, reporting any concerns to the nurse in charge.
* Maintain responsibility for the Health & Safety aspects of the environment for self, colleagues and visitors.
* Maintain quality control checks of all equipment within the Health Centre.
* Support Mersey Care’s vision of becoming a leading organisation in community, mental health, addiction and learning disability services, utilising skills and experience to support Trust objectives.
* Role‑model the Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities and interactions.
* Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.
* Comply with the Duty of Candour as defined by the Francis Report.
* Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.
* Maintain specific knowledge base and develop new skills.
* Value the contribution of the patient/service user voice.
* Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.
* Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.
* Take responsibility for accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensure all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for its intended purpose.
* Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
* Adhere to all organisational policies.
* Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace sufficient to maintain efficiency and empower service users in a digital environment.
* Comply with the NHS Constitution relating to staff responsibilities for NHS employees.
Core Values and Ethical Standards
Commit to the Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders.
Adhere to the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: ‘The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about that provision has been made.’
Operate within organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body, and comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the post holder.
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