Senior Healthcare Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Psychological therapies access

Annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Salary sacrifice scheme

Retail discounts

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Louth is recruiting for a Band 3 post within the Crisis and Home Treatment Team. The role involves supporting clinicians, visiting patients at home to monitor mental health, handling calls to the Crisis Team, and making referrals.

Applicants must have right to work in the UK; sponsorship not available. Positive attitude toward change and ability to work both independently and as part of a team are essential.

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards.
• NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent.
• NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent.
• Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Registered clinicians in implementing Care plans.
• Visiting patients in their own homes to monitor mental health.
• Answering calls to Crisis Team.
• Making referrals.

Skills

Empathetic approach

Effective communication

Clinical note keeping

Clinical skills (urine analysis, phleb

Travel independently

De-escalation skills

Planning and organisation

Day and night shifts

Venipuncture

Education

Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards

NVQ Level 3 in Care or equivalent

NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent

Mental health awareness training or relevant training

Job description

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Windsor House Town Louth Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

Band 3

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated candidate to join the Louth Crisis and Home Treatment Team.

The team supports people experiencing an acute mental health episode in Louth and the surrounding areas.You will need to demonstrate a commitment to providing a high quality standard of care, with excellent communication, interpersonal and assessment skills. With a positive attitude towards change with an ability to adapt to the evolving nature of our service. You will be expected to work on your own and as part of a team, visiting service users in their own homes.

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

Supporting Registered clinicians in implementing Care plans.

Visiting patients in their own homes to monitor mental health

Answering calls to Crisis Team

Making referrals

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

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

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 3 in Care or equivalent
• Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post
• NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent

Skills

• A patient and empathic approach
• Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agenies
• 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
• Ability to travel independently throughout the county without the use of public transport
• De-escalation Skills
• Planning and organisation skills
• Requirement to work both day shifts and night shifts
• Venepuncture

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

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.