Healthcare Assistant | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care trust in the UK is seeking a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker for a full-time, permanent position. Responsibilities include physical health monitoring for mental health patients, conducting home visits, and supporting multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in community care and possess excellent communication skills. Flexible working patterns are encouraged.,

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Promotes work-life balance

Qualifications

• Previous experience in community mental health services and multidisciplinary care.
• Willingness to undertake training for ECGs and phlebotomy.
• Valid driver’s licence, with the ability to travel across various bases.

Responsibilities

• Provide physical health monitoring and screening for patients.
• Conduct home visits across various bases.
• Support health-care professionals in delivering care.

Skills

Understanding of monitoring physical health for individuals on psychotropic medications

Excellent communication skills

Empathy and sensitivity

Ability to build rapport

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the community? Do you have a keen interest in promoting physical health for our mental health patients? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you! The Physical Health in Mental Health Team is seeking to appoint a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker on a full‑time, permanent contract with no evenings or weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide physical health monitoring and screening for patients prescribed psychotropic medications, including Electrocardiogram (ECG) and venepuncture.
• Conduct home visits and travel across various bases as required.
• Support health‑care professionals in delivering high‑quality, holistic care to patients in East Lancashire.
• Work within a multidisciplinary care setting and collaborate effectively with professional staff.

Qualifications and Experience

• Understanding of monitoring physical health for individuals on psychotropic medications.
• Previous experience in community mental health services and multidisciplinary care.
• Willingness to undertake training to perform ECGs and phlebotomy, core parts of the role.
• Valid driver’s licence, ability to travel across various bases.
• Excellent communication skills, empathy, sensitivity and ability to build rapport within a limited timeframe.

About the Trust

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of secondary mental‑health care services and specialist physical health and well‑being services in the community across Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton.

Benefits and Working Patterns

The Trust encourages flexible working, promoting a positive work‑life balance. Flexible patterns such as term‑time, part‑time, compressed hours, flexi‑time and career breaks are considered. Applicants should state any requests on their application forms and discuss options at interview.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Oct 2025.