Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

**Please note candidates will require their own right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship**

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Mill Lodge is a Mental Health Inpatient Ward for adults with Huntington's disease. The patients come for a period of assessment for their physical, mental and cognitive functioning.

The focus of the unit is to assist people in regaining the skills to enable them to function at their optimum. The multidisciplinary team at Mill Lodge is a well-established team who take pride in the delivery of care in the unit.

We are looking for Health Care Support Workers who are caring, compassionate and genuinely interested in working with patients at all stages of the disease including end of life care.

At LPT we offer:

• Training and development opportunities including supervision which are aimed at developing your career in the direction you want to take it.
• Free uniform.
• Enhanced pay for anti-social hours worked.
• Access to a range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages.

Interviews will be held W/C 11th December on site.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Healthcare Assistant is to support the qualified nursing staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of direct patient care.

The main duties of the Healthcare Support Worker Role include:

• Taking physical measurements from named patients as delegated by the team.
• Supporting patients with personal care and dietary requirements
• Supporting patients in maintaining their health and wellbeing
• Undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities, providing audits and data collection
• Accompanying patients on external visits
• Under the supervision of healthcare professionals assist the healthcare team with the provision of clinical care
• Ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals
• Assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans; and accurately recording patient information.

If you feel that you have the qualities that we are looking for, this may well be the job for you.

The role will involve working day and night shifts over a 7 day rotation.

For more information about the role or the unit, please contact Ward Sister Stacey Bennett on 0116 2951645, or email stacey.bennett21@nhs.net

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

Mill Lodge

The Rise

Narborough

Leicestershire

LE19 4SL

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

Mill Lodge

The Rise

Narborough

Leicestershire

LE19 4SL

Employer's website

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

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