Senior Nursing Assistant - Enhanced Care Team & @Home service

We take pride in setting good standard of care and ensuring our nursing workforce has the necessary skills to deliver the best care possible. We are seeking experienced and motivated Band 3 Nursing Assistants who are passionate about mental health care and have the skills to build therapeutic relationships with patients experiencing distress, crisis or complex mental health needs Candidates should use their supporting statement to provide specific examples of their mental health experience, risk assessment awareness, de-escalation techniques and relevant training. The @home team supports patients returning home from hospital and provides support to stop further admissions to hospital while in their own homes. You would work alongside experienced nurses as part of this dynamic team, We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, experienced nursing assistants. You will need to have excellent communication and time management skills. Teamwork is very important to us - you will be joining a committed team across the trust so being a team player is essential. We really value our Nursing Assistants' role in our ability to provide holistic care to our patients. You will need a flexible approach, be dedicated and able to role model an excellent level of patient care and experience.We actively support the buddy programme and other opportunities to develop further.

To be part of our Senior Nursing Assistant (Band 3) team, we would like you to have the following qualifications:

• Experience in a hospital setting
• GSCE Maths and English Desirable
• Good standard of literacy and numerical skills is essential
• NVQ III in Healthcare and or a completed Full Care Certificate Programme which is an essential criterion for this role
• A calm and kind approach
• Willingness to learn and develop knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients with medical conditions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

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