Healthcare Support Worker

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Bracebridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS foundation trust is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker to provide compassionate care to older adults with mental illness. In this role, you will work under the supervision of registered nurses, supporting patient needs across a busy inpatient environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate flexibility in shift patterns, a caring attitude, and a commitment to promoting independence among patients. You will be part of a respected organization focusing on high-quality care and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Wide range of training opportunities

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Ability to work under supervision of registered nurses.
• Skills in supporting physical health checks.
• Experience in handling patient property responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Promote equality and understand health needs of patients.
• Support patients in group activities and interventions.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping as per policies.

Skills

Flexibility to work shift patterns

Understanding of patients' health needs

Caring attitude

Ability to promote independence

Job description

Position Overview

Brant Ward is an 18‑bedded inpatient mental health ward supporting older adults, 65 and over, who present with mental illness. As a Healthcare Support Worker, you will be working under the supervision of the registered nurses, supporting the delivery of patient care in a manner sensitive to their needs and wishes whilst always acknowledging and respecting their rights and beliefs.

We need someone who has the flexibility to work shift patterns across 24 hours a day, 7 days per week in a very busy inpatient environment, with each day being varied and at times challenging, but above all, extremely rewarding.

We are currently engaged with the Culture of Care Programme as we seek to develop and transform mental health services, providing staff with involvement in Quality Improvement projects.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes, we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Responsibilities

• Promote equality for all patients, understand their health needs, and carry out physical health checks when necessary.
• Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatments.
• Support activities, recreational/physical, one‑to‑one and group interventions, in the provision of health and social care.
• Assist in general and specific observations under the supervision of registered staff.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients' property and valuables.
• Always act in a manner that promotes and safeguards the interests and well‑being of patients.
• Demonstrate a caring attitude and treat all patients with dignity and respect, ensuring that no patient is the subject of any form of abuse.
• Work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.
• Participate in the escorting of patients as per the unit procedures.
• Work within policies, protocols, and clinical procedures of the Trust.
• Ensure accurate record keeping in accordance with these policies and correct countersigning, where required.
• Participate regularly in clinical and managerial supervision sessions and performance reviews. And attend in‑service training/refresher days.
• Work flexibly to meet the needs of service delivery.

About the Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well‑led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi‑million‑pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.