Health Care Support Worker - Older Adult Mental Health Inpatients
Job overview
Join our team as a Healthcare Support Worker based St George's Hospital, Stafford and start your rewarding career with us!
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is offering an exciting development opportunity to join our team as a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker and will complete a Development Programme. Upon completion of the programme you will progress to a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker.
Older Adults Mental Health Bromley Ward is an assessment ward covering South Staffordshire. We provide care for individuals over 65 years presenting with a functional mental health conditions or early stages of dementia.
We are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our older adult inpatient team who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an older adult environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude, and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most challenging times.
With you in our team, we will empower you to work innovatively, showing a commitment to providing compassionate care and a strong desire to improve the patient’s experience.
If you are currently working as a Band 3 in a mental health setting within an NHS organisation we also encourage you to apply, please include reference to this in your supporting statement. Should you be successful we are offer a salary match.
Main duties of the job- To provide support and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.
- To support service users to maximise their quality of life and provide a positive patient experience through the delivery of high quality, outcome measured care and evidence-based interventions.
- To assist Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans
- Regularly report and effectively communicate service users’ health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Professional Staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including while supporting section 136 assessments and ECT treatment
- Working for our organisation
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:
Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
If you would like to discuss the role further please don't hesitate to contact Catherine Leach, Ward Manager - [email protected]
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient amount of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care OR NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE’s or Functional Skills)
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience as outlined below
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working as part of a team and delivering a customer focused service.
- Experience of working with people with Mental Health needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of being a service user or carer
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion
- Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology.
- Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one’s own emotional state
- Ability to work independently, being self-motivated and to be able to prioritise and effectively manage a range of competing needs and pressures.