Senior Health Care Support Worker

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early access to Psychological TherapY?

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Staff benefits

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Health Care Support Worker (Band 3) in Lincoln. The role supports an Acute Male Inpatient Ward, delivering person-centred care under supervision of registered professionals.

The successful candidate will help monitor patients, assist with daily living tasks, and contribute to care planning while upholding NHS values and maintaining accurate records. Flexible hours and career development opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards (as required)
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent
• Certificate in Community Mental Health
• ECDL (computer skills)

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care and support to service users.
• Observe, monitor, and record patients' physical and mental health needs.
• Support service users with activities of daily living and therapeutic interventions.
• Promote recovery, independence, dignity, and respect.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation and electronic records.
• Work collaboratively with nurses, allied health professionals, carers and other agencies.
• Contribute to a safe, clean, and therapeutic care environment.
• Participate in training, supervision and continuing professional development.

Skills

RRP (Reducing & Restrictive Practice)

Empathic approach

Effective communication

Accurate note keeping

Planning & organisation

De-escalation skills

Venepuncture

Clinical observation

Education

Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards

NVQ Level 2 in Care

NVQ Level 3 in Promoting Independence

Certificate in Community Mental Health

ECDL

Job description

Main area Ellis Ward Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12167-AI-A

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ellis Ward, Peter Hodgkinson Centre Town Lincoln Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/09/2026 23:59

Senior Health Care Support Worker

Band 3

Job overview

New, innovative career opportunity with a multi-disciplinary approach to delivery of care.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is always looking for fresh ways to deliver the highest standards of care for our Service Users and our Acute Male Inpatient Ward in Lincoln is offering an innovative career opportunity for a Health Care Support Worker.

Ellis Ward is looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and motivated Healthcare Assistant (Band 3) to join our multidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to service users, supporting their physical, emotional, and social wellbeing within a safe and therapeutic environment.

Working under the supervision of registered professionals, you will provide direct care and support to service users, promoting recovery, independence, and dignity at all times. You will contribute to the assessment and monitoring of patient needs, maintain accurate clinical records, and assist in the implementation of care plans.

The role requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and a commitment to delivering compassionate care in line with NHS values. Experience within a healthcare setting and a relevant Care Certificate or equivalent qualification are desirable.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high-quality care and support to service users.

Observe, monitor, and accurately record patients' physical and mental health needs.

Support service users with activities of daily living and therapeutic interventions.

Promote recovery, independence, dignity, and respect.

Maintain accurate and timely documentation and electronic records.

Work collaboratively with nurses, allied health professionals, carers, and other agencies.

Contribute to maintaining a safe, clean, and therapeutic care environment.

Participate in training, supervision, and continuous professional development.

Working for our organisation

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 really proud of this!

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.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person specification

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement.
• Certificate in Community Mental Health
• ECDL

Experience

• Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a HCSW grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
• Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Skills

• Ability to undertake Reducing and Restrictive Practice (RRP)
• A patient and empathic approach
• Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
• Clear accurate clinical note keeping
• Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results
• De-escalation Skills.
• Planning and organisation skills.
• Venepuncture

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.