Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

Welford Ward, refurbished in 2023, is a modern eating disorders unit based at the Bennion Centre, at the Glenfield Hospital for up to 15 adult inpatients with eating disorders from across the East Midlands.

Welford Ward features spacious living accommodation including access to two enclosed gardens. All patients have single room accommodation with separate areas for male and female patients.

We need highly motivated, caring, compassionate and conscientious Senior Health Care Support Workers. They will be a integral part of our well-established team, offering support and care to our patient group.

You will work closely with Band 5 Nurses, Band 6 Nurses, Medics, Dietitian, SALT, other Senior Health Care Support Workers, Ward Manager and Team managers to ensure that we are delivering safe, effective and patient led care.

The role will be based at the Glenfield Hospital site in the Bennion Centre. We are committed to offer training and development opportunities for our staff, and will support you to develop your career.

We are looking for Health Care Support Workers who are caring, compassionate and genuinely interested in working with patients. We provide 24/7 care to our patients, and operate a 2 shift system, you will be able to work both day and night shifts on a rotational basis including weekends and bank holidays.

We expect a high amount of interest in this job and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Main duties of the job

This role supports the qualified nursing staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of direct patient care and supporting patients in maintaining their health and wellbeing.

Senior Health Care Assistant are responsible for providing personal and clinical care, undertaking clinical observations and other clinical and therapeutic interventions as delegated by the registered practitioner and in accordance with existing competencies.

Senior Healthcare Assistants provide care, support and monitor the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals in their care.

Band 3 Health Care Support Workers are given training in NG Tube feeding and are supported to develop further clinical skills such as wound management, tissue viability, infection control and other relevant skills.

For more details, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bennion Centre

Glenfield Hospital

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bennion Centre

Glenfield Hospital

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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