Senior Healthcare Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 nurse to join the Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit and Health-Based Place of Safety in Lincoln. The post requires flexible working across days, nights and weekends, with a focus on recovery and high-quality mental health care.

Right-to-work in the UK is required; sponsorship is not available. The role offers a permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week, and a salary in the Band 3 range with NHS benefits and development

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care settings.
• Ability to work flexibly across day, night and weekend shifts.
• Commitment to patient-centred care within NHS services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain care within the clinical decisions unit.
• Assess, plan, and implement patient care with the team.
• Contribute to well-developed, service-user‑centred treatment plans.
• Deliver high-quality mental health care and pursue professional development.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Clinical notes

Venepuncture

De-escalation

Planning & organisation

Shift work

Education

Cavendish Care Certificate

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Certificate in Community Mental Health

ECDL

Job description

Main area Peter Hodgkinson Centre Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12110-AI-A

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Psychiatric Decisions Unit, Peter Hodgkinson Centre Town Lincoln Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/09/2026 23:59

Band 3

Job overview

Are you a highly motivated individual with a passion for mental health care? We are looking for someone to join our Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit (PCDU) and Health-Based Place of Safety (HBPoS).

We work closely with service users, their carers, and the nursing team to ensure a robust recovery pathway, often community-based.

Ability to work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, and weekends.

A genuine interest in supporting individuals through their mental health journey.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available. 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.

Main duties of the job

Participate in developing, implementing, and maintaining care within the clinical decisions unit.

Be actively involved in the assessment, planning, and implementation of patient care.

Join a service that leads to well-developed, service-user-centred treatment plans, helping manage immediate crises and supporting long‑term recovery.

Thrive in an atmosphere conducive to delivering exceptional mental health care, with opportunities for continuous learning and 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.Visitbeinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Experience

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

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• Certificate in Community Mental Health
• ECDL

Skills

• 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
• Requirement to work both day shifts and night shifts
• Venepuncture

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

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.