Bank Mental Health Support Worker - 11th December Recruitment Event

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the West Midlands seeks compassionate mental health workers to provide enhanced care and continuous observations for patients with mental health conditions. Candidates should have experience and demonstrate excellent customer care. The Trust offers flexibility in working arrangements to suit applicants' needs.

Qualifications

• Experienced and dedicated mental health worker.
• Compassionate approach towards patient care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic interventions to reduce agitation.
• Identify factors that affect patient agitation/distress.
• Provide excellent customer care and prioritize patient needs.
• Undertake delegated clinical care duties.
• Recognize and report patient pain and discomfort.

Job description

Overview

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic interventions that will reduce agitation and distress and promote recovery.
• Identify factors that increase and decrease agitation/distress for the patient and always deliver care according to the principles of least restriction.
• Provide excellent customer care skills to ensure patients come first.
• Undertake a range of delegated clinical care duties to deliver agreed plans of care, acting on own initiative.
• Recognise when patients are in pain and discomfort and report to nurse in charge.
• Under the direction of trained staff maintain and develop own skills including: monitoring and recording of vital signs to include blood pressure; simple aseptic dressings; monitoring and recording of blood glucose levels; oxygen saturations.

Qualifications and Experience

We seek experienced, dedicated and compassionate mental health workers to support our patients. You will use your experience to provide enhanced care and continuous observations to patients with mental health conditions or experiencing psychological distress.

About the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.