Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Older Adult Mental Health, Home Treatment Team (OA MH HTT) for a Health Care Support Worker. OA MH HTT is a hospital at home team who support older adult in their on homes where ever this may be.

The Health Care Support worker will work alongside the Registered Nurse and other HCAs offering support and implementing care under the direction of the RNs. This post require under the direction of the Registered Nurses and wider MDT. OA MH HTT is a 365 day working service. Full driving License is required for this post as the OA MH HTT is community based covering the whole of the County.

As an HCA you will be supporting our service users with recovery focused psychological interventions. This may include supporting the person with activity, daily planning, getting out and about, encourage self care, monitoring physical health, talking and spending quality time with the person. Our HCAs are an important part of the HTT.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. 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

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

Promote equality for all services users. Participate in recreational and physical activities with our service users promoting mental health recovery. Undertaking physical observations such a recording blood pressure, carrying out ECGs, and routine bloods (though training will be offered if these skill are not present).

Ensuring accurate records are kept. Demonstrate awareness of the service users and care perspective on the provision of treatment and continuing care. Being able to work on your own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses.

This role may involve occasions where the HCA will need to work automatously under the support of the HTT team. See Job description for more in-depth information.

About us

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.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.