Healthcare Assistant | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2025 |
| Location: | Kendal, LA9 7RG |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7593669/351-BAY861-JD |
Summary
Are you a compassionate respectful team player committed to promoting excellence, and accountability in mental health services?
Do you have excellent communication skills that would enable you to work within a challenging inpatient mental health unit. Working in teams that constantly strive to provide the best possible experience for our service users and their carers?
The Unit provides assessment and interventions for clients, operates seven days a week and is accessible 24hrs per day.
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant based on Kentmere ward. Westmorland general hospital. Kentmere is 12 bedded unit supporting individuals with a range of mental health issues
Ideally, you should have at least six months previous experience of working within mental health settings or in a care setting. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the issues that contribute to individuals experiencing mental health difficulties.
The successful post holder will be expected to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week and both full and part time contracts are available.
• Work as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working within a rotational shift system to support patients according to their care needs, some of whom may present with problematic or challenging behaviour.
• Contribute to, and participate in, the ongoing support of patients and their carers.
• Contribute to the protection of patients from abuse
• Contribute to the health, safety and security of patients and their environment.
• Obtain, transmit and store information relating to the delivery of a care service.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025