Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 3 healthcare assistant to work at the Woodlands Centre for Acute Care, Abbey Ward/ Place of Safety (136 suites) as part of the Sussex Partnership and based in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

We are a busy 23-bed Acute unit split into male and female wards, which sits alongside a brand new health-based place of safety (‘136 suite’) . We are looking for a Healthcare assistant to work in Abbey Ward

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide exceptional support to both our clients/patients and their carers and relatives whilst maintaining professional boundaries. Our Trust was recently upgraded by CQC as GOOD in every domain except CARING, which was EXCELLENT. Due to this we are now the third leading Mental Health Trust in the country. We will strive to maintain our standards and always improve where we can and you will play an important part in this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our patients are keen for new healthcare assistants joining the team to demonstrate empathy, time to talk and listen.  We are very proud of our standards and are looking for someone who is ready to learn and keen to develop. Development within this role is available as each support worker is encouraged to champion and take an interest in something on the ward which best fits their skills. Associate nurse training is also available as well as NVQ and the mandatory care certificate. Support will be provided for these.