Band 2 Health Care Support Worker- CAMHS The Beacon

Job summary

Join the NHS- The UKs largest employer!

With over 1.5 million staff, the NHS is by far the largest employer in the UK. Locally, the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) employs over 6,500 people (including our Bank staff).

CAMHS The Beacon provides inpatient care for up to 15 young people aged between 13-17 years old. We are passionate about supporting young people with complex needs.

Here's what some of our current staff have to say about the work:

'helping people and seeing the difference that is made'

'being able to do something positive for the clients I work with and how it changes their lives'

'...a supporting team you can trust and rely on when needed.'

We are looking for Health Care Support Workers who are caring, compassionate and genuinely interested in working with patients.

The wards provide multidisciplinary support and care planning to patients with complex medical and rehabilitation needs. We provide high quality and compassionate care to our service users.

Some of the benefits of working for LPT include:

• annual leave- 27-33 days annual leaveplus 8 bank holidays - (dependent on service).
• Lease Car Scheme
• Eye Tests
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Health Services
• Vivup salary sacrifice scheme for household goods
• Counselling services
• Flexible working

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

Attached to this vacancy is a Job and Person specification for the role. In short, the roles are about supporting the qualified nursing staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of direct patient care and supporting patients in maintaining their health and wellbeing.

Our services to patients are on a 24/7 basis and you will be expected to work a variety of shift patterns. We try and accommodate individual needs through flexible working, but cant guarantee we can accommodate every request.

In return for your hard work and your professional, caring and reliable service we offer:

• Training and development opportunities including supervision which are aimed at developing your career in the direction you want to take it
• Experience gained by working in a variety of environments.
• Free uniform
• Enhanced pay for unsocial hours worked.
• A wide range of benefits to enhance your work/life balance and pocket!

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

CAMHS The Beacon

Groby Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8HD

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

CAMHS The Beacon

Groby Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8HD

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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