Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

Join Our Team as a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker!

Are you a highly motivated individual with a passion for mental health care? We are looking for someone to join our Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit (PCDU), Health-Based Place of Safety (HBPoS), and Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre (MHUAC) at LPFT.

Your Role:

• Provide High-Quality Care: Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining care within the clinical decisions unit.
• Support Assessments: Be actively involved in the assessment, planning, and implementation of patient care.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with service users, their carers, and the nursing team to ensure a robust recovery pathway, often community based.

Why LPFT?

• Innovative Service: Join a service that leads to well-developed, service-user-centered treatment plans, helping manage immediate crises and supporting long-term recovery.
• Supportive Environment: Thrive in an atmosphere conducive to delivering exceptional mental health care, with opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

Facilitate & participate in recreational & physical activities in the provision of health & social care to service users.

Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients’ property & valuables, respecting cultural values.

Always act in a manner to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients.

Actively promote a responsible caring attitude, treating all patients with dignity and respect.

Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of abuse.

Report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting.

Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures

Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities

Maintain good order and cleanliness on the Unit

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants