Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

• With support of senior staff participate in procedures under the guidance of the professional lead
• Identify, minimise and report risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.
• Maintain a safe and secure environment at all times for the protection of self and others.
• At all times minimise risks to self by undertaking safe working practices.
• At all times work within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.
• Work with other Trust services to promote seamless service user focused care, admission, transfer and discharge on identified care pathways.
• Undertake delivery of planned therapeutic activities/interventions with an identified group of service users, ensuring planning of daily tasks.
• Assist service users in meeting their personal care needs;
  • Feeding
  • Hygiene
  • Encouraging continence
  • Mobility
  • Encouraging independence
  • Personal and physical comfort
  • Activities of daily living
• At all times ensure that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.
• At all times take responsibility for own personal and professional development and support the development of colleagues, students, trainees and volunteers.
• Regularly access and make use of supervision.
• Regularly participate in activities focused on the delivery of a high quality customer focused service.
• Undertake activities to, and make suggestions about how to improve services.

Main duties of the job

• To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with service users with mental health needs.
• To support with service users personal care needs and therapeutic observations
• To promote service user's recovery through the delivery of high quality, outcome measured care and evidence based interventions.
• To assist Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.