NHS
Mental Health Care Assistant
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Job Description
- Req#: M0042-25-0847?language=en&page=1320&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2 or above in Health and Social Care
- PMVA or equivalent restraint training with valid in date certification
- Minimum of 6-months working as a MH HCA in a NHS (or private within the UK) hospital setting we cannot accept experience working in supported living / care homes or nursing homes.
- Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2 or above in Health and Social Care
- PMVA or equivalent restraint training with valid in date certification
- Minimum of 6-months working as a MH HCA in a NHS (or private within the UK) hospital setting we cannot accept experience working in supported living / care homes or nursing homes.
Job summary
If you are looking for work that suits your lifestyle and needs, becoming a Mental Health Support Worker, for the bank at University Hospital Southampton could be right for you. NHS Professionals are currently recruiting for Mental Health Care Assistants at Southampton General Hospital.
As a bank worker you can work flexibly to support the team with patients with Mental Health difficulties.
Pay Rates are as follows:
Monday-Friday - £12.08 per hour
Nights and Saturday - £17.03 per hour
Sunday - £22.10 per hour
The demand is for DAYS so please only apply if you can work DAY SHIFTS
Main duties of the job
Supporting patients with mental and emotional issues under the supervision of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
Assisting patients in performing their daily activities, monitoring their progress, and observing their personal and social behaviours.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.
Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts dont have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.
Date posted
05 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£12.08 to £22.10 an hour Rate dependant on day/shift time
Contract
Bank
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
M0042-25-0847
Job locations
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
To listen and talk to patients and their carers and develop therapeutic relationships
To undertake and accurately document observations and nursing care in line with Trust policy
To accurately report and feedback any concerns
To understand the importance of, and maintain the need for confidentiality in all patient matters
To participate in the maintenance of a clean, tidy, and safe environment
To value diversity and promote equality of opportunity for all and to ensue individuals are treated fairly
Attend to patients personal hygiene, including bathing, toileting, and dressing, promoting quality of life and independence
To act as a positive role model to the patients and staff
To demonstrate appropriate de-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subject to achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression techniques
Escort patients as appropriate to other areas of the hospital or the hospital grounds as delegated by a trained member of staff
Completion of regular physical health observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperwork within the admission process, including smoking/alcohol recording forms
Job responsibilities
To listen and talk to patients and their carers and develop therapeutic relationships
To undertake and accurately document observations and nursing care in line with Trust policy
To accurately report and feedback any concerns
To understand the importance of, and maintain the need for confidentiality in all patient matters
To participate in the maintenance of a clean, tidy, and safe environment
To value diversity and promote equality of opportunity for all and to ensue individuals are treated fairly
Attend to patients personal hygiene, including bathing, toileting, and dressing, promoting quality of life and independence
To act as a positive role model to the patients and staff
To demonstrate appropriate de-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subject to achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression techniques
Escort patients as appropriate to other areas of the hospital or the hospital grounds as delegated by a trained member of staff
Completion of regular physical health observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperwork within the admission process, including smoking/alcohol recording forms
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
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.
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Address
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Address
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.