Healthcare Assistant
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a passionate and motivated healthcare support worker to join our service at the Scarisbrick Unit, Ormskirk. The successful candidate will be working as a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker primarily on the Section 136 suite.
They will be enthusiastic about helping to develop the existing service and support our service users. They will strive to provide dignified, excellent and compassionate care to service users experiencing mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
Whilst working on the Mental Health in patient unit you will be required to:-
Work as an Integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working within a rotational shift system to support patients according to their care needs, some of whom may present with problematic or challenging behaviour.
Contribute to, and participate in the on- going support of patients and their carers. Contribute to the protection of patients, from abuse.
Contribute to the health, safety and security of patients and their environment. Obtain, transmit and store information relating to the delivery of a care service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.