Health Care Support Worker

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 December 2024

Job summary

Would you like to work in a care environment, with patients who have a range of mental health and clinical needs? Would you like to have the opportunity to broaden your career horizons and work as a part of a committed and caring patient centred team? If so, we want to hear from you!

We are looking for an caring and enthusiastic individual to work on an acute older persons mental health ward. You would be working on an acute mental mental health ward for older persons, including organic and functional diagnosis.

The candidate must have excellent communication skills both written and verbal, must be able to work collaboratively with colleagues within the wider multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

This role can be part of a career pathway, which includes Senior Health Care Support Worker and the Associate Practitioner role.

You will work as a member of a multidisciplinary team alongside service users to promote independence and daily living skills, including personal hygiene, diet and fluids, encouraging them to engage in social or leisure activities as identified within their Care Plan.

This role will provide support in management of risk, developing therapeutic relationships, supporting people to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.

Act as a role model for team members, supporting new or less experienced colleagues.

This role will assist and support qualified staff and carry out assigned tasks as directed, without supervision. This will include housekeeping duties where required.

This role will demonstrate excellent communication skills, using them to engage, persuade or negotiate with clients with complex, at times challenging needs to ensure they are provided with the most appropriate care and support.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

19 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

449-Team2-1541

Job locations

The Limes, St James' Hospital

Woodlands Walk

Portsmouth

Hampshire

PO4 8GB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent.
Qualification at Level 2 or in Health and Social Care or other relevant subject.

Experience

Essential

Fitness to undertake and pass Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) training as required for role.

Desirable

Experience in working in a healthcare setting.
Experience of working in an environment where clients demonstrating challenging behaviour.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent.
Qualification at Level 2 or in Health and Social Care or other relevant subject.

Experience

Essential

Fitness to undertake and pass Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) training as required for role.

Desirable

Experience in working in a healthcare setting.
Experience of working in an environment where clients demonstrating challenging behaviour.

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.