Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker

This role supports the qualified Nursing Staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of direct patient care and supporting patients in maintaining their health and wellbeing.

The Senior Healthcare Support Worker is responsible for providing personal and clinical care, undertaking clinical observations and other clinical and therapeutic interventions as delegated by the registered Practitioner and in accordance with existing competencies.

Senior Healthcare Support Workers provide care, support and monitor the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals in their care.

Band 3 Health Care Support Workers are given training in NG Tube feeding and are supported to develop further clinical skills such as wound management, tissue viability, infection control and other relevant skills.

We are seeking motivated, caring and compassionate Senior Health Care Support Workers to join our established team. You will play a key role in supporting patients and working alongside Band 5 and 6 Nurses, Medics, Dietitians, SALT, fellow Senior Health Care Support Workers, the Ward Manager and Team Managers to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care.

Based at the Bennion Centre, Glenfield Hospital, this role offers excellent training and development opportunities to support your career progression. We are looking for individuals who are genuinely passionate about caring for patients. The service operates 24/7 on a rotational shift pattern, including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays., We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

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 behaviours 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.