Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Position: Healthcare Support Worker
Salary: £28,720 per annum inc HCAS
Job Type: Part-time – 17.63 hours per week (shift work required)
Work location: London (Beckenham)
FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
Come and join us and build a career that matters as a Clinical Support Worker and begin the journey to realise your dream of a career in healthcare.
We have opportunities for people with care experience and who have attained the care certificate to come and work with us as band 3 clinical support workers. we are committed to supporting our care staff to go on and trained to become a qualified nurse via the nurse associate apprenticeship training
We are also recruiting people who are new to the care setting as band 2 , who on completion of the care certificates and required competence ease will be automatically promoted to a band three grade providing you with the perfect opportunity work, earn and learn.
What we need from you:
A positive and caring attitude
Enthusiasm
A determination to do a good job
Willingness to learn and undertake training
If you have some experience of care work that is great – but if not – and the things above are a good description of you – then please apply
We currently have multiple opportunities for Clinical Support Workers to work across our services in South London from the Leafy suburbs to the Inner-city Buzz. If you are passionate about Mental Health Care or looking to embark on a career in healthcare apply now.
The Healthcare Support Worker is the role for those who have experience and training, in clinical practice, in a ward or other clinical setting. The Healthcare Support Workers provide personalised care to service
users, undertaking clinical tasks with supportive supervision as required. Those in this role will spend significant amounts of time engaging with people
who use our services.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London and are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.
Working under the direct supervision and guidance of a Registered Nurse/ Senior Health Care Support Worker/ Assistant Practitioner/Nurse Associate to support the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met – nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
Providing hands-on care to service users, including:
Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.
Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
Escalating any concerns to a Registered Nurse.
Monitoring and recording service user clinical observations as directed by a Senior Clinician/Registered Nurse/ B4, such as physical observations and vital signs and escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional.
Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, participate in community meetings and other activities of their interest.
Application Process
If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!