Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker - Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive healthcare organization in Bath is looking for Health Care Assistants to join their dedicated team on Sycamore Ward. Responsibilities include delivering evidence-based interventions, developing therapeutic skills, and ensuring the wellbeing of service users. Ideal candidates are positive, proactive team players who prioritize effective and compassionate care. Join a supportive environment that emphasizes mental health and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Positive, pro-active attitude and decision-making skills under pressure.
• Strong team player with a service-user centred mind-set.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mental health problems.
• Develop and practice therapeutic care skills alongside registered clinicians.
• Ensure safety, effectiveness, and partnership in care.

Job description

Job overview

On Sycamore Ward, we are looking for highly Health Care Assistants to join the our experienced friendly team.

Sycamore Ward is within the building of Hillview Lodge, in the grounds of The Royal United Hospital. Sycamore is currently piloting a 15 bedded all female ward. However, this will return to a mixed gender ward in the very near future.

We are very proud of our service user/carer involvement in the development of our services.

If you are positive, pro‑active and can make important decisions under pressure, if you are a strong team player who is able to take responsibility and work with a service‑user centred mind‑set, then you might be a perfect addition to the Sycamore team.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a care team to deliver evidence‑based interventions to service users with mental health problems.

To develop and practice, working alongside registered clinicians, a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users’ psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.

To ensure service users and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership and hope.

To promote and champion core care values by supporting junior, temporary and newly‑appointed Healthcare Support Workers.

We have a very active weekly community meeting that service users, carers, volunteers and a range of staff attend. This is a great time to get together to share good news and to raise areas that we would all like to work together on to make the ward a safe and welcoming place.

The ward has a clear mission statement created by the MDT. Staff are very active with the safe wards project and reducing restrictive practice. We are currently running a QI project on sexual safety. The ward team has a positive reporting culture, and welcomes training opportunities such as trauma informed care. Staff also have a very active social support network.