Health Care Support Worker

Job description

Job summary

This is a part time post therefore sponsorship is not available.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in the community? Do you have a keen interest in promoting physical health for our mental health patients? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you! The Physical Health in Mental Health Team is seeking to appoint a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker on a part-time, permanent contract, no evenings or weekend work.

The successful applicant will have an understanding of the monitoring of physical health for people who are prescribed psychotropic medications and a knowledge of community mental health services with previous experience of working within a multi-disciplinary care setting.

The successful applicant will have a willingness to undertake training to meet the needs of the service including performing ECG's and phlebotomy, which is a core part of the role. You must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.

An ability to communicate in a courteous, helpful manner, demonstrating empathy and sensitivity in a variety of situations and building a rapport within a limited time frame is essential.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Physical Health Team hosted by Pennine Locality, under the direction of the professional staff, supporting the provision of high quality holistic health care assessment to patients.

The Health Care Support worker will work within clinics in East Lancashire providing physical health monitoring and reporting for patients who are prescribed psychotropic medications. There will be times where we will require you to cover clinics in central & north Lancashire also. The physical health monitoring and screening will include Electrocardiogram (ECG) and venepuncture. Home visits will also be required to be undertaken.

To support other health care professionals in the provision of high quality care.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer's and the wider community
• Awareness of evidence-based practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working and providing care to patients in a health and social care setting

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously and set own and others' priorities
• Ability to organise/co-ordinate and respond efficiently to complex information
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer's and the wider community
• Awareness of evidence-based practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working and providing care to patients in a health and social care setting

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously and set own and others' priorities
• Ability to organise/co-ordinate and respond efficiently to complex information
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Pendle House

Nelson

BB9 9TG

United Kingdom

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