Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Callington Road Hospital

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Job summary

Do you have experience of working with vulnerable adults to support their well-being? Do you have an interest in working within a mental health inpatient care setting?

Would you like to be part of a therapeutic and cohesive team, that works together to provide the best care possible for our service users?

At Callington Road Hospital we are recruiting Healthcare Support Workers across the site to support individuals who are experiencing mental health problems, this includes vacancies on acute wards, a later life ward as well as male and femalePsychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU's).

You would be working within the nursing team on an inpatient ward as well as working as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

We are looking for people who are motivated, hardworking, compassionate and caring.

Our hospitals and teams don't close, so as you would expect, we do work on a shift basis - our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so everyone gets involved working different shifts to ensure our patients receive the very best including nights, weekends and bank holidays.

There will be opportunities to further develop including care certificates and apprenticeships in nursing and other careers.

Save the date! Interviews will be 17th August at Callington Road Hospital.

Main duties of the job

You'll support our teams; deliver fantastic care to all our patients, helping do whatever it takes to ensure our patients receive the very best service possible. Whether you are helping to undertake observations, supporting them with their personal care, listening to them when they are distressed, worried, depressed or agitated - you will see first-hand the impact your role makes every minute you are working.

In return, we offer you such an opportunity to join one of our many friendly and dedicated teams where you will learn, grow and flourish, supported all the way, nurtured and developed by our Support Worker Role Development Team.

If you have always aspired to work in your local hospital caring for our patients and working alongside highly motivated teams, then you are going to love this role. We will invest such a lot in you and your development by supporting you, ensuring you stay up to date with all clinical competencies, meeting the government standards for care within the NHS. As a permanent employee from day one you will have access to the AWP Clinical Careers Ladder, with options to develop in numerous ways, including undertaking nurse training.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

24 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

342-BR202-0723

Job locations

Calington Road Hospital

Bristol

BS4 5BJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients, be rushed off your feet and deliver some very direct care. We dont want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isnt for everyone. That is why we run such a robust interview process to make sure that you understand the role, as much as we need to assess you to check you have all those fabulous skills, attributes, resilience and the caring nature we need. We cannot wait to welcome you to one of our interview days so you can show us what you are made of!

Please see attached Job Description for a full list of duties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients, be rushed off your feet and deliver some very direct care. We dont want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isnt for everyone. That is why we run such a robust interview process to make sure that you understand the role, as much as we need to assess you to check you have all those fabulous skills, attributes, resilience and the caring nature we need. We cannot wait to welcome you to one of our interview days so you can show us what you are made of!

Please see attached Job Description for a full list of duties

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
  • Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working as a healthcare support worker in a clinical team.
  • Knowledge of, and experience of working with, a range of mental health issues
  • An understanding of how mental health issues can affect the lives of individuals, their families and their community, and experience of using a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of such issues

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills
  • Demonstrable ability to use computer systems efficiently and effectively to record data clearly, accurately and quickly
  • Ability to conduct oneself in a professional and tactful manner, and to champion core care values such as dignity, compassion and safety
  • Possession of attitudes and behaviours that promote recovery, diversity and equality, and ability to retain these under pressure.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times
Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
  • Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Experience of working as a healthcare support worker in a clinical team.
  • Knowledge of, and experience of working with, a range of mental health issues
  • An understanding of how mental health issues can affect the lives of individuals, their families and their community, and experience of using a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of such issues

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills
  • Demonstrable ability to use computer systems efficiently and effectively to record data clearly, accurately and quickly
  • Ability to conduct oneself in a professional and tactful manner, and to champion core care values such as dignity, compassion and safety
  • Possession of attitudes and behaviours that promote recovery, diversity and equality, and ability to retain these under pressure.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Calington Road Hospital

Bristol

BS4 5BJ


Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Calington Road Hospital

Bristol

BS4 5BJ


Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Ben Bramley

ben.bramley@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

24 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

342-BR202-0723

Job locations

Calington Road Hospital

Bristol

BS4 5BJ


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