Healthcare Support Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY4 4FE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7797037/351-FYL680-ZK |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit five energetic, compassionate, caring and flexible individuals to join our 136 Suite/Place of Safety team at The Harbour in the role of a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker.
Our team looks forward to welcoming confident, approachable and empathetic individuals who are able to demonstrate compassion and understanding towards people who are in a challenging phase of their journey, and who are willing to support and assist them towards their recovery.
You must be a good team player with an ability to manage their time effectively. You will need to be a good communicator, who is able to demonstrate empathy, be non-judgemental, self-motivated and committed to delivering high quality patient care. You will need to demonstrate good verbal and non-verbal communication and show evidence of good listening skills, demonstrating patience and willing to spend time with service users to discuss their care and assist them with their daily needs.
The Post Holder will, under supervision and at the direction of a 1st level Registered Nurse, work to maintain individuality of service users by assisting in tasks to meet the individual patient needs as determined by the Nursing Team. Maintain an adequate provision of flat linen, window and door curtains and be responsible for the cleanliness of these. Monitor fitness for general purpose of ward environment and ensure regulations are followed to comply with the environmental audit works issues. Monitor food and diet to service users. Liaise with contractors and support service departments.
The post holder will be responsible for the co ordination of all patient and staff facilities within the ward environment, ensuring a clean, safe and comfortable environment
• To establish a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere and environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• To assist in monitoring and maintaining cleaning standards on the ward, highlighting any decencies of service in particular toilet/bathing areas.
• To ensure spillage’s (non clinical) are dealt with swiftly and efficiently.
• To undertake regular monitoring of current and outstanding estates issues, including reporting of work to be undertaken and ensuring follow up in line with the agreed procedure.
• To liaise with staff, following discharge of a patient, the bed area is cleaned in preparation for new patient.
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.
For more information regarding this vacancy please review the attached Job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Feb 2026