Healthcare Support Worker

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Would you like to become a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker at The Meadows West Park Hospital, an inpatient ward for Older People (Epsom)

Based at Epsom, The Meadows is a single storey building in the grounds of the Noble Park housing development in the former West Park Hospital site. This is a 24/7 hospital service with 24 beds available for the care of people aged over 65 years who have dementia or organic mental ill-health (i.e. decreased function due to medical or physical disease, rather than a psychiatric illness).

There are three single sex wards, each with eight beds:

One ward is for people with mental ill-health (functional, e.g bipolar or depression)
Two wards are for people with dementia.

We are looking for a confident Healthcare Support Worker to join our team and work as a fully integrated member of the multidisciplinary team providing direct care to people using our services.

We aim to develop positive relationships with the people who use our services, and their families and carers, adopting a pragmatic and non-judgemental approach and encourage and support individuals to participate in ways which support their individual recovery journey.

As a band 3 Healthcare Support Worker, you will be contributing to meaningful care plans and risk management plans and deliver low intensity therapeutic interventions.

Main duties of the job

Support delivery of planned care following bio-psycho-social assessments, practicing in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery
Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of the individual, and their carers, are held as central and their involvement is proactively encouraged
Supporting arrangements for carer assessments and referral to local authorities as required
Responsible for managing their own workload to ensure the needs to the individuals who use our services are met taking the wider needs of the team into consideration.
Plan own workload to ensure that care is provided in the most high quality and cost efficient manner, in line with appropriate policy and be able to prioritise and make adjustments as appropriate
Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner particularly where dependent on other external agencies
Support access of appropriate information and guidance around medication via internal and external sources, referring on to most appropriate agencies where necessarY
Maintain up to date clinical records in a timely and accurate manner
Ensure information is shared with key stakeholders and other agencies in a secure manner
Work without direct supervision and take accountability for your own actions, working within the operational policies and service specifications of the team

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidate's residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

04 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

325-6143577-HOSP

Job locations

The Meadows

West Park Road

Epsom

KT19 8GT

Job description

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the teams engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including staff, people using the service, their carers, GPs and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Liaise with a wide range of other professionals and agencies to ensure the provision of consistent well-coordinated care; secondary mental health multi-disciplinary teams, Primary care teams as well as external agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g. voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.
Provide supervision and development for Healthcare Assistants on the unit (Band 2)
Undertake physical health checks as required i.e. blood pressure, temperature, respirations, ECG and bloods
Able and suitably trained to provide CPR and use of Defibrillator
Undertake calculations of patient monies and record appropriately
Undertake escorts both internal and external to the unit
Support assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care packages and Direct Payments so the person is offered as much choice and control of resources as appropriate whilst focusing on integration within existing community resources where possible
Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguarding adults and children. This will include providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to safeguarding adult and children work, co-ordinating and chairing safeguarding meetings and implementing relevant care plans
Ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all clinical activity in line with professional guidance and best practice
Contribute to the achievement of the key performance indicators for the Trust being met whilst providing high quality care

Job description

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the teams engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including staff, people using the service, their carers, GPs and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies.
Liaise with a wide range of other professionals and agencies to ensure the provision of consistent well-coordinated care; secondary mental health multi-disciplinary teams, Primary care teams as well as external agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g. voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc.
Provide supervision and development for Healthcare Assistants on the unit (Band 2)
Undertake physical health checks as required i.e. blood pressure, temperature, respirations, ECG and bloods
Able and suitably trained to provide CPR and use of Defibrillator
Undertake calculations of patient monies and record appropriately
Undertake escorts both internal and external to the unit
Support assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of care packages and Direct Payments so the person is offered as much choice and control of resources as appropriate whilst focusing on integration within existing community resources where possible
Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguarding adults and children. This will include providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to safeguarding adult and children work, co-ordinating and chairing safeguarding meetings and implementing relevant care plans
Ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all clinical activity in line with professional guidance and best practice
Contribute to the achievement of the key performance indicators for the Trust being met whilst providing high quality care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or
Level 3 qualification in Health related topic or
Care certificate completed

Experience

Essential

3 years' experience working in care role
1 years' experience working in a care/support role with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis
Computer literacy

Desirable

Experience of working within older adult mental health
Experience working within an MDT

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or
Level 3 qualification in Health related topic or
Care certificate completed

Experience

Essential

3 years' experience working in care role
1 years' experience working in a care/support role with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis
Computer literacy

Desirable

Experience of working within older adult mental health
Experience working within an MDT

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.