Job summary
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and creative band 3 Health Care Support Worker, to work on a busy, award winning, small male PICU in the heart of West Lancashire.
We are a 4 bedded male PICU, with a compact and committed staff team who all strive towards providing our service users with an excellent inpatient experience. We do this in part through our commitment to reducing restrictive practices, the use of activity on the ward and by providing the staff team access to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The team have recently won awards from within LSCFT, including enhancing the patient experience with a cycling project, a locality award for outstanding contributions to quality and patient safety, and winning the Trust wide award for outstanding contribution to service user and carer experience.
Should you wish to discuss this opportunity to join our team, then please make contact with either:
Victoria Briggs- (Modern Matron)- [email protected]
Regan Stockley (Ward Manager)- regan.stockley@lscft.nhs.uk
Working for our organisation
We want to recruit people to the service who share our values and are confident in their ability to contribute to the demonstrated effectiveness and acceptability of our service.
Staff at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust work to improve lives with a culture based on four core values:
We are kind
We are a team
We are respectful
We are always learning
To keep informed of latest trust news and events follow us on twitter @Lscft_jobs and @WeAreLSCFT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level III or Higher in Health and Social Care or QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Interest in completing the above training or can demonstrate the equivalent skills and knowledge gained through work (paid/unpaid)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of the issues surrounding mental illness.
- Understands their duties and responsibilities under the Data Protection Act with regard to patient confidentiality.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in a caring environment. For example, nursing home, care home, hospital ward, home carer etc.
- Up to date or working knowledge of de- escalation techniques, Control and restraint and Management of Violence and Aggression (MOVA)
- Working as part of a team.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Works within a non-judgemental manner
- Can communicate effectively with a wide range of people which includes patients, carers, nurses, Occupational therapists, Managers, doctors, external consultants (e.g. CQC, Audit).
- Has basic IT/keyboard skills.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Regan Stockley
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Telephone
- 01772 215833
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