Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Are you a kind, caring, compassionate person, and wants a job where you can make a difference, and feel valued, to which you will get reward from what you do?

Have you always had an interest in mental health and working in healthcare, then this could be the job for you!!! Would you like to join us on our new psychiatric intensive care unit, Abbey Ward where you can develop and learn new skills? If so, then we would love to talk to you!!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, passionate, resilient, and motivated person, to join our team. Abbey Ward is a purpose built 10 bedded female psychiatric intensive care unit, the first in Hampshire. It will provide rapid assessment, implementation of care and treatment for acutely mentally unwell female patients with associated risks.

Main duties of the job

The role of Senior Healthcare Support Worker will offer an opportunity for career defining training and challenges; it will offer exposure to a very distinctive and rewarding environment, where you will be part of a close-knit team. There will be opportunities to develop, where you will gain experience working within adult mental health. You will be on hand to support the nurses as well as the wider clinical team. You would be supported to develop in an environment that promotes learning, and expected to undertake training in order to fulfil your role.

Abbey ward has a structured career pathway to which every individual will be supported in their professional development, and onto nurse training or into specialist roles, should you be motivated and have the desire for progression.

If you would like to explore this opportunity further and have a passion for developing an improving services, we would love to hear from you.

You will need to be able to work a variety of shift patterns including nights and weekends, over a 7 day period.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working -- all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

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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