Senior Neuromodulation Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Neuromodulation service based at Antelope House (Southern Health Foundation Trust), and we are looking to recruit a band 3 Senior support worker full time). The neuromodulation clinic provides Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) serving a population of around 1.5 million people. The clinic provides treatment for both inpatient and community services.

We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us -- so come and help to change the shape of the delivery of the Neuromodulation Service here within Southern Health Foundation Trust. We will nurture your talents and support your development into a confident and competent member of our team

The team is friendly supportive passionate and dynamic with the same clear vision of providing and delivering excellent patient centred care. The team is made up of a range of disciplines including nurses, technicians, psychiatrists, anaesthetists and operating department practitioners. The team undertakes a range of best practice work providing training and professional development within the Trust and nationally.

The highly motivated multi-disciplinary team provides an integrated mental health service to a diverse and multi-cultural population and endeavours to reflect this in the workforce

Main duties of the job

The ECT clinic currently runs four mornings a week, and the TMS clinic runs 5 afternoons a week. There is a requirement within these roles to undertake ECT assessment and post treatment care and audit.

The clinic is accredited to ECTAS (Electro Convulsive Therapy Accreditation Service). The ECT accreditation scheme was established in 2003 to support the quality improvement and best practice of ECT clinics in the UK and Ireland and is one of 20 networks within the College Centre for Quality Improvement within the Royal College of Psychiatrists. These roles will encompass both clinical and administrative requirements including monitoring and meeting the standards required for ECTAS.

You will develop skills and competencies appropriate to a range of areas within the peri-operative environment supporting the registered nurses/ ODP's.

The post holder will be required to support and provide care to patients throughout their treatment within the ECT and TMS clinic, including carrying out pre and post ECT and TMS checks. You will develop and maintain excellent working relationships with patients and the multi-disciplinary teams both within the ECT and TMS clinics and the referring teams.

There will be on-going support for mandatory training and any external courses relevant to the roles. Specific in-house training to develop knowledge and skills within the role is delivered regularly as well as attending ECT Specialist Interest groups and external conferences.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Antelope House

Brintons Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0YG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Antelope House

Brintons Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0YG

Employer's website

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

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