Health Care Support Worker | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bury, BL9 7TD |
| Cwmni: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7456833/311-HYM700-25 |
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Health Care Support Worker to work on a busy dynamic CAMHS inpatient Unit. Do you want career opportunities, training, and personal development? Do you demonstrate empathy, kindness and a compassionate attitude to children and young people? Do you want to make difference to young peoples lives? We want YOU!
• To undertake and accurately document observations and nursing care in line with Trust Policy and to accurately document nursing care in the nursing notes when required which will then be countersigned by a qualified practitioner
• To ensure the promotion of safety, wellbeing and interests of clients, staff and visitors to the unit if ward based
• To ensure effective communication, either verbal or written, amongst the team, reporting any change or unusual occurrence in an individuals’ behaviour or condition.
• To communicate effectively with patients, staff, families and other external agencies and use a polite telephone manner. To use verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health or learning disability needs.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills and a positive attitude within the team and when dealing with the patients, their families and members of the public
• To contribute to maintaining the ward’s agreed philosophy, aims and objectives.
• To carry out duties as allocated by a qualified practitioner. Engage with patients to undertake activities and carry out duties that have been agreed with a qualified practitioner and follow a care plan. Required to use own initiative and decision making in the planning and delivery of some basic activities
• Provide input to care plan discussions with a qualified practitioner where requested, using knowledge of patient and environment.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
See attached Job Description and Person Specification.
The post holder will assist qualified members of the multi-disciplinary team in providing
care and support to patients. They will assist in the delivery of care under the guidance
of a qualified nurse.
The post holder will assist in establishing care plans and in the delivery care. The
expectation will be to work within the boundaries of agreed instruction, whilst being
supported within Trust procedures and policies.
The post holder will support the development of trainee health care support workers by acting as a role model and mentor, including acting as an assessor for new Health Care Support Workers completing the Care Certificate.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025