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Senior Clinical Support Worker
Band 3
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Interviews will be held on 14 August 2024.
Sorrel Ward is an 11 bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit for Adults based in Reading, located close to the amenities of the town centre and a leafy park. We work closely with patients to help them identify their needs and participate actively in their recovery, providing a place of nurture, where they can find hope and meaningful purpose to their lives.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice, and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.
A calming influence, you will be able to deal with difficult and distressing situations professionally. Your energy and drive will be rewarded with the support of an enthusiastic team that strives to create a warm, friendly, and compassionate environment.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- To undertake unsupervised assigned tasks within the ward/clinical team and report the outcomes to a qualified nurse.
- Assist in the provision of care.
- To provide support, where appropriate to relatives and carers.
- To work in support of the qualified nurses and be directed and supervised by them to undertake assigned tasks.
- To mentor and support junior nursing assistants as required by the Nurse in charge
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
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The “must haves” for this role:
- Previous experience working as a Band 2 Support Worker in a mental health acute care setting, Previous experience of care work, Previous experience of working in a health care setting.
- Good oral and written communication, Friendly, helpful, and calm
- Able to work under pressure.
- Able to work under the direction and supervision or more senior colleagues.
- Seeks opportunities to develop within the role.
- Honest, reliable, and trustworthy
- Understand the limits of your abilities.
- Desire to undertake further training and self-improvement to support patient experience.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Patrick Baidoo on 01189605211 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Manyleb y person
Education/Qualifications/Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good general education qualifications
- IT Literate
- English and Maths at GCSE grade C or equivalent
Continuous Professional Development
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Desire to undertake further training and self-improvement to support patient experience
Previous Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Previous experience working as a Band 2 Support Worker in a mental health acute care setting
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good oral and written communication
Meini prawf dymunol
- Seeks opportunities to develop within the role
Additional Requirements
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Patrick Baidoo
- Teitl y swydd
- Developmental Ward Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01189605211
Rhestr swyddi gyda Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a bydwreigiaeth