# Senior Healthcare Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-support-worker/dba69084-5b71-4b8b-9376-03d7fb066f67 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-healthcare-support-worker/dba69084-5b71-4b8b-9376-03d7fb066f67.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Psychiatric Decisions Unit, Peter Hodgkinson Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-18T08:40:36.448Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/Lincolnshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Peter_Hodgkinson_Centre/Peter_Hodgkinson_Centre-v8236059 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8236059?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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) and Health-Based Place of Safety (HBPoS). We work closely with service users, their carers, and the nursing team to ensure a robust recovery pathway, often community-based. Ability to work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, and weekends. A genuine interest in supporting individuals through their mental health journey. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available. 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 Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining care within the clinical decisions unit. Be actively involved in the assessment, planning, and implementation of patient care. Join a service that leads to well-developed, service-user-centred treatment plans, helping manage immediate crises and supporting long-term recovery. Thrive in an atmosphere conducive to delivering exceptional mental health care, with opportunities for continuous learning and professional development. ### 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 ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - A patient and empathic approach - Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies - Clear accurate clinical note keeping - Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results - IT skills - De-escalation Skills - Planning and organisation skills - Requirement to work both day shifts and night shifts **Desirable** - Immediate life support - Venepuncture ### Experience **Essential** - Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting **Desirable** - Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent ### Qualifications **Essential** - Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT - NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent **Desirable** - Certificate in Community Mental Health - ECDL ## Documents - [lpft info (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2654) - [staff network (pdf, 321.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2459) - [functional skills (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546494) - [tips for applicant success (pdf, 670.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2299) - [senior healthcare support worker (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10546493) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.