Support Worker - Mental Health Urgent Care Department

Job summary

Support Worker - Mental Health Urgent Care Department

Base - Basildon Hospital

Hours -7 days a week service delivery based on a rostered shift pattern, this is a 24 hours a day, MATERNITY COVER (SECONDMENT / FIXED TERM)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Mental Health Urgent Care Department at Basildon. This service will offer anyone in Essex, who is over the age of 18 in a mental health crisis, an urgent biopsychosocial assessment and immediate care planning.

The department will offera calm and therapeutic mental health setting to see the majority of urgent/emergency mental health presentations and represent an improvement on the service previously offered in busy emergency departments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the work of clinicians working in the department. In the context of a mental health crisis, mental health services commonly see people when they are experiencing or have experienced any of the following:

• Self-harm leading to medical or surgical treatment
• Suicidal ideation
• The consequences of alcohol & drug use, including when co-occurring with a mental health problem
• Dementia or delirium
• A severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression, or a personality disorder
• Social vulnerability that may have a mental health problem or trauma as a component or root cause, for example, homelessness or domestic abuse

We believe our workforce are our strongest asset & we make it a priority to ensure we develop & create strong career pathways for our current & new staff joining us. Our HCA Role works at a band 3 level, however if you do not have enough experience but still want to join EPUT as an HCA, we have a solution for you:

If you have been successful at the interview stage, but do not have enough experience for this role, you may be offered a position as a Band 2 HCA Apprentice. As part of the Band 2 HCA role you will be enrolled onto the Apprenticeship scheme, providing you with the opportunity to earn as you learn. This role enables you to gain valuable experience on the wards/community settings whilst working towards gaining your Care Certificate & naturally progressing into the guaranteed Band 3 HCA role.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.