Health Care Assistant - Community

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP ON THIS ROLE.

We have a fantastic job opportunity for a Band 3 Health Care Support Workers within our Adult Community Mental Health Team. We are offering a permanent full-time post working from Monday to Friday 9.00-17.00. The post is for the MSHOP Charnwood CMHT, based at Loughborough Hospital, in Loughborough.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person who would be able to work autonomously within a wider Community Mental Health team. We are looking for an individual who is committed to providing the best possible care to our client group and will demonstrate our Trust values in their everyday work.

The team consists of qualified and unqualified nursing staff, Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurse consultant, Trainee ACP, Occupational Therapists, Community connectors, and Admin staff. We have close links with GPs and community health services, other Mental Health services, and Social Services. We work in a multi-disciplinary way, and we have a holistic recovery-focused approach to our care provision.

The successful candidate will be supporting clients/service users in maintaining their health and wellbeing, undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities under the supervision of healthcare professionals, in addition to assisting the healthcare team with the planning, organizing, and provision of clinical care.

The post holder will also be tasked with ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals, assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualized care plans and accurately recording patient information, providing support and supervision to other colleagues and learners as appropriate.

Our Health Care Support Workers are valued members of the team, and we will expect you to:

• Work alongside your team members to contribute to the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Work under indirect supervision of qualified professionals.
• Carry out delegated tasks as identified by the qualified professionals in the care plan.
• Support patients to maintain their health and well-being and support their carers.
• Undertake specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities.
• Ideally be ECG and phlebotomy trained or be willing to undertake these courses.

For further detail into the duties and responsibilities that will be expected in this role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Contact Details: For further information please contact Esmee Ryder on [e-mail]

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health, and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviors, and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs, the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted: 05 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 003000

Job locations: Loughborough Community Hospital, Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way, Loughborough, LE11 5JY

Employer details:

Employer name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Employer's website: https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/