Band 3 Health Care Support Worker- The Grange and the Gillivers

Job summary

Are you a caring, compassionate and enthusiastic person? Come and work for us in our Learning Disability short breaks homes.

We are seeking Health Care Support Workers for both full time (37.5 hours per week) and part-time (30 hours per week) posts.

We are a team of friendly people who offer short breaks to adults with a learning disability.

The Grange and the Gillivers provide respite to patients with behaviours that challenge and complex physical health needs.

The service provides respite for individuals with dedicated health needs, in single sex stays with specialist nursing and support staff.

You'll be looking after a small number of patients, so your contact with them will be high.

We provide 24/7 care throughout the year and our staff work various shift patterns across days and nights. Health Care Support Workers work on a rotational basis to provide care to our patients.

Contact Details: Charlotte Needham, 07881852432, charlotte.needham1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Tasks will include meeting your patients' needs 24/7.

These could include personal care, cleaning, preparing meals, laundry, meeting social activity and engagement needs along with any specific health needs.

In return for your hard work and your professional, caring and reliable service we offer:

• Training and development opportunities including supervision which are aimed at developing your career in the direction you want to take it.
• Experience gained by working in a variety of environments.
• Free uniform.
• Enhanced pay for unsocial hours worked.
• 5 minutes walk from the Hospital Hopper bus stop (free travel to NHS employees) and 10 minutes from Beaumont Leys.

Full details of the role are attached in the Job and Person Specification for this vacancy. Please click on the link for a full list of the role and what we are looking for from you.

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

The Grange and The Gillivers Farm Drive,

Leicester

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9QF

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

The Grange and The Gillivers Farm Drive,

Leicester

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9QF

Employer's website

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

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