[ref. e6189818] Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Lincoln

Job overview

Here at Francis Willis Unit, we work within a multi-disciplinary team who aims to provide care for patients who have severe and enduring mental illness alongside a forensic history. We work collaboratively to uphold the trust's purpose, vision and values to enable to best quality care for our patients.

Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates who have a 'can do' attitude to help deliver the trusts vision and values. This is an exciting, challenging and opportunistic role which will afford the successful candidate to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care.

We offer a 24 hour service within our inpatient facilities therefore successful candidates will be required to work unsociable hours inclusive of nights, weekends, public holidays and shift patterns.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a registered nurse participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of high quality care within a ward environment, through involvement in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

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.

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.

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• To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team.
• To liaise with the nurses, and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi- disciplinary mental health team.
• To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses.
• Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs.
• Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.
• Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions.
• Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes.
• Attend in-service training and other study / refresher days to meet individual, statutory and service needs.
• Participate in performance reviews.
• To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.
• Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff.
• Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients’ property and valuables, respecting cultural values.
• Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-

• Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect.
• Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of any form of abuse.
• To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting.
• Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures.
• Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities.
• Maintain good order and cleanliness on the Unit

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

• 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
• IT skills
• De-escalation Skills
• Planning and organisation skills

• Immediate life support
• Venepuncture