Experience

Service Care Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Healthcare Assistant

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Duties & responsibilities: • Carry out observations according to NHS policies • Work within a range of NHS secure hospitals across Tyne and Wear and Lancashire – including wards specialising in adolescents, learning disabilities, and general female and male forensic populations of both low and medium security • Engage and interact with service users - including during activities, sessions, observations, and within ward communal areas • Ensure service users (and staff) are compliant with boundaries and policies on wards • Assist with general day-to-day organisation of the wards, including observations and RiO notes • Utilise de-escalation techniques when necessary



VP Forensic Ltd

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Healthcare Assistant

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Duties & responsibilities: • Provide both community and inpatient care around the Nottingham area. • Regularly work as a member of the team in an admission ward of a women's trauma low secure unit - developing a rapport with the service users and understanding their needs • Provide community support for a client struggling with excessive cannabis use and impulsivity related to acquired brain injury • Support a complex case of an adolescent with Cornelia de Lange syndrome - managing aggressive behaviour arising from uncertainty and anxiety by providing consistent reassurance • Work within a range of inpatient settings - including personality disorder, autism, acute, PICU, adolescent forensic services, and challenging behaviour.



Various Companies

• Non-Clinical Roles

  • Feb 2014 - Jun 2018

  • Bar and catering work at Old School Rooms in Clitheroe, as well as university campus bars in Nottingham and The Gooseberry Bush in Nottingham – improving interpersonal and practical skills (cash handling, customer service, COSHH and hygiene) • Work as a System Tester at Skipton Building Society in summers of 2015 and 2016 around university, developing IT skills (particularly Excel) and teamwork on group projects • Bar and catering work at Old School Rooms in Clitheroe, as well as university campus bars in Nottingham and The Gooseberry Bush in Nottingham – improving interpersonal and practical skills (cash handling, customer service, COSHH and hygiene) • Work as a System Tester at Skipton Building Society in summers of 2015 and 2016 around university, developing IT skills (particularly Excel) and teamwork on group projects