Health Care Support Worker

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Located at Tatchbury Mount, Southampton; Austen House is a 14 bed, low secure hospital for children and adolescents (aged 12-18) with mental health needs.

Austen House is hugely helping to meet the national shortage of beds for young people with specialist mental health needs, meaning that patients living in the south of the country will be able to access treatment closer to home, preventing them and their families having to travel long distances to receive the care they need.

We understand how important work life balance is and we know happy staff makes for outstanding care. Let us know if you require flexible working and we will always do our best to accommodate you. Austen House operates 24/7 therefore, nurses are required to work shifts which will include nights, weekends and public holidays. There are a variety of shifts available and all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

As a Healthcare Support Worker you will provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care. You will carry out duties as designated by the person in charge and accurately record patient/service user information. In addition to this, you will provide support to relatives/carers.

As a Health Care Support Worker you will work closely with service users, their families, friends and carers. You will play an important role in ensuring those who use our services have a positive and supportive experience.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Support Worker you will provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care. You will carry out

duties as designated by the person in charge and accurately record patient/service user information. In addition to this, you will provide support to relatives/carers.

Please note Austen House is a 24 7 service, working shifts consisting mostly of long days 7am-8.30pm, long day twilights 10am-11.30pm and nights 7.30pm-7.45am. It is essential that staff members are able to work a combination of the aforementioned shifts and can work across a 7 day week. Flexi working requests will be considered.

Please also note that due to our remote location and shift start and end times, local buses do not provide a service which will be a reliable regular mode of transport to get to and from work.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

02 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 to £22,383 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SW-3034

Job locations

Austen House

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2TA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Numeracy and Literacy Skills Level 2
(GCSE grade A -- C)
Level 2 Computer Literacy Qualification,
e.g. ECDL or equivalent.
Commitment to Lifelong Learning

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Numeracy and Literacy Skills Level 2
(GCSE grade A -- C)
Level 2 Computer Literacy Qualification,
e.g. ECDL or equivalent.
Commitment to Lifelong Learning

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.