Healthcare Assistant | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7621894/351-FYL637-JD |
Summary
Are you passionate about male services? Are you looking to develop your career in male’s services in a mental health inpatient setting? A great opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiatic, individual with a caring and friendly attitude, to work as a Health care Support worker (HCSW) on our male acute wards at the Harbour.
You must be able to provide a keen interest in supporting individuals whilst maintaining high professional standards, demonstrating commitment to team work.
You will need to possess excellent interpersonal skills, and is commited to the care of individuals. You will have a supportive induction and a fantastic opportunity to enhance and learn new skills.
The successful post holder will be expected be able to rotate across the specialty areas and be able to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.
• Ensure a friendly and helpful attitude to patients, visitors and colleagues, at all times.
• Enable patients to maintain contacts in the community.
• Maintain effective working relationships with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide verbal feedback to colleagues regarding patient presentation during for example, handover.
• To attend and participate in handovers
• Interacting with patients which may involve providing information and using skills to overcome barriers in an empathic and reassuring manner
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 Monday 1 Dec 2025