Physical Health Support Worker

Job summary

Are you a support worker looking to make an impact to a patient's quality of life?

As a Physical Health Support Worker, you will provide a comprehensive physical health assessment for people diagnosed with complex mental health. As part of your caseload, you will be supporting individuals to understand about their health particularly in managing their physical health needs, reviewing appointments to reduce the health inequality these individuals face.

As a support worker you will work closely with the existing primary and secondary care teams, providing excellent opportunities for partnership working with a range of organizations. You will be fully supported by an experienced team where additional training can be provided.

A full valid UK Driving Licence is essential for this role.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

If you have any queries, please contact Poly Trivellato for an informal conversation about the role on 01202 521997 (Mondays to Fridays 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Main duties of the job

You will work with individuals and relevant staff through the process to develop physical health care goals and plans to promote and encourage self-management of physical health.

As a support worker you will ensure individuals are referred, signposted and receive appropriate interventions and follow up care as per the pathway.

Provide input to physical health meetings, in order to continue to support service improvement in promoting positive physical health with our service users and staff.

Ensure that individuals experience of physical health is shared and fed into service improvement as part of coproduction process.

Individuals are at the heart of the job, keeping people safe, contributing to their care and responding compassionately to suffering.

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.