Physical Health Support Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit enthusiastic and creative Support Worker to work within Weymouth & Portland locality locality to support individuals with a serious mental illness have access to physical health monitoring.

This is a post which will be managed by Dorset HealthCare and local primary care network. The post will be attractive to support workers who feel strongly about advocating physical health for people with a serious mental illness or for those wishing to start in their mental health career. You will be working closely with the Weymouth & Portland GP surgeries and be embedded within these to provide the physical health care needs for people within primary and secondary care services.

The post holder will be working closely with the existing teams in Primary and Secondary care to enhance the existing provision by providing comprehensive physical health assessments, signpost individuals to services to improve their physical health and set goals with individuals to help improve their physical health.

Main duties of the job

The role will provide excellent opportunities for effective partnership working with a range of organisations across primary and secondary services and will be supported by senior healthcare professionals from both primary and secondary services.

We are looking for someone who can put individual's needs at the heart of the job, keep people safe, contribute to their care and respond compassionately as well as someone who can communicate well with people.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Weymouth & Portland CMHT is a well established, friendly team, who recognise the needs of our patients alongside the work and life balance of each other and our families. We welcome applicants to apply and come to work in this professional and caring team.

Working with existing teams in Primary and Secondary care providing physical health assessments and signposting individuals to services aimed at improving their physical health.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.