Senior Clinical Support Worker

Job overview

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to progress your mental health career pathway?

Our Acute Wards at Prospect Park Hospital can offer you a great environment that will enable you to develop your skills & confidence.

Our flexible working patterns of short days (7.5hrs), long days (12hrs) & nights (10.75hrs) give colleagues options that support an improved work life balance.

We are currently recruiting for the following wards:

• Place of Safety (POS): Our pre-admission and assessment unit
• Daisy:  Male-only acute mental health ward
• Rose:  Mixed-gender acute ward
• Sorrel: Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
• Rowan: specialise in the care of older adults
• Orchid: specialise in the care of older adults

Prospect Park Hospital is based in Reading, located close to the amenities of the town centre and a leafy park. The ward works closely with patients, families and wider organisations to help them to identify their needs and participate actively in their care, providing a place of empathy, kindness and compassion. We have created a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to make positive change.

With your clinical experience we are looking for someone that has a passion for caring, great communication skills and the resilience to help transform our patient’s lives. You will be working alongside a wide range of multi-disciplinary professionals, all striving to achieve positive outcomes for services users.

Main duties of the job

• Assist in the provision of care of patients.
• To work in support of the qualified nurses and be directed and supervised by them to undertake assigned tasks.
• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with patients through regular contact and ensure their safety and well-being.
• To offer support and mentoring to more junior nursing assistants.
• Ensure the confidentially of patients and clinical documents at all times.
• Report any complaints, untoward events or incidents to qualified nursing staff, and where appropriate under their supervision, complete the appropriate records.
• To respect the dignity, privacy and independence of patients at all times.
• To be aware of limitation/competences.
• Be involved in discussion on the development of patient centred programmes
• Be aware of patients on Mental Health Act restrictions and record/report accordingly to qualified staff.
• Promote the work of the ward, the hospital and the Trust at all times.
• To respond to emergency calls under the guidance of qualified staff.  This will include Personal alarms, Fire and Cardiac arrest (appropriate training to be undertaken).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

• Good general education including English and Maths at GCSE Grade C or above
• Previous experience working as a Band 2 Support Worker in a mental health acute care setting
• Good oral and written communication
• Ability to work under pressure

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call Lincoln Cordner on  01189605249 or email: [email protected] who will be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.