Bank Mental Health Support Worker

Job summary

PLEASE NOTE: This advert is permanently open to allow applications to be received at any time throughout the year. The advert will be checked regularly for new applications, which will be processed at least monthly. Should you have any queries or concerns regarding your application, please emailbank.recruitment@uhd.nhs.uk.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to build a flexible workforce to support patients presenting to UHD with mental health, cognitive or challenging behavioural difficulties.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Main duties of the job

As a bank worker, you will be called upon to support patients that require enhanced mental health care, this could be on a 1:1 basis or you may be required to support multiple patients. You will be focusing on safety for both patients and staff as well as therapeutic intervention and supporting with activities of daily living as required. You will also work as part of the wider team supporting colleagues and other healthcare professional when requested to do so.

The post holder will provide outstanding enhanced care to patientsneeding additional nursing and emotional support in a high stressenvironment. This patient group may include but is not limited to:o Mental illnesso Dementiao Deliriumo Intoxicationo Traumatic Brain Injuryo Encephalitiso Parkinson'so Specific neurological diseaseo Brain Tumours

Breakaway (with safehold) training will be provided to successful candidates and is a condition of the bank agreement. As a 7-day service, we ensure peer support for bank workers. The offer of bank shifts is primarily at short notice for varied shift patterns.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

About us

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

'' This is a really exciting time to join UHD! We are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status, due to our partnership with Bournemouth University, delivering highly regarded health services to the local population, the county of Dorset, and beyond. We employ some 10,000 staff, with an ambitious £250m estates program well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) with over seven miles of sandy beaches along our coastline, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

Please note: Individuals recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations when service demands require it.