Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker - Bank

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 3 bank healthcare assistant. The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary Age Independent 24/7 Crisis and Resolution Home Treatment Team. The home treatment team will provide a service to people experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis (functional) who require urgent assessment to determine the required interventions using the least restrictive environment to facilitate recovery.

You will receive support for both emotional and for your ongoing continuing professional development. We have regular one to ones where you can be frank, open and honest about matters affecting you and your work.

You will have access to a range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more and various other packages you can draw from to help your work-life balance.

You will work as part of a team. We work collaboratively with Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers, OTs and others. The collective support and knowledge is there to enable you to do your work.

We understand that you have a life outside of work and therefore offer a range of agile and flexible working opportunities for our staff, you care and so do we.

Main duties of the job

The role of Healthcare assistant has been developed specifically to support people with mental health problems. The successful candidate will need to offer empathy and understanding to others, inspiring hope and recovery.

The Healthcare assistant will work alongside practical support networks, in order to help people feel in control of their lives and identify their individual recovery pathway. The Healthcare assistant will work as part of a home treatment team that provides services to vulnerable people with complex needs in a community setting, focusing on the direct needs of the individuals and working across boundaries of care, organisations and roles.

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

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Groby Road

Leicester

LE39EJ

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

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Groby Road

Leicester

LE39EJ

Employer's website

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

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