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    Clinical Support Worker - Lowestoft, United Kingdom - Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Laurel Ward is an 11 bedded mixed gender elderly inpatient ward caring for patients with dementia.

    If you are an experienced Support Worker looking to develop your skills or someone looking to start your career within mental health, this could be a perfect opportunity

    As a trust we are looking for individuals that exhibit our values and reflect these within their practice: Positively, Respectfully and Together.

    We are looking for passionate and high-spirited individuals who can be a part of our amazing team to provide care and improve services for our service users. We want people to be proactive, creative and innovative to advocate for our service users and develop our service further.

    Main duties of the job

  • You will need to attend mandatory and statutory training and be aware of operational policy and procedures to ensure safe and high standard of care is delivered alongside the team
  • If you want to make a positive impact on people's lives, then we would love you to be a part of our incredible team.
  • Providing person centred care for older people with an organic mental illness and physical health problems.
  • Assisting patients with personal care and dietary requirements
  • Monitoring and recording of physical health
  • Therapeutic observations
  • Input with patients recovery plan
  • Liaison and support to relatives and other services
  • Recording on Patients clinical notes
  • Escorting patients to appointments
  • Assisting nursing staff with admission and discharge procedures.
  • About us

    Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

    Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

    Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

    Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more
  • Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Care Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment
  • NVQ L2/3 H&SC or Diploma L2/3 in H&SC or apprenticeship L2/3 in H&SC or to commence the framework within the first 4 months of employment.
  • Experience

    Essential

  • Experience within the care sector.
  • Desirable

  • Mental health experience
  • Skills

    Essential

  • Ability to work without direct supervision, liaising appropriately with other practitioners in the team.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good observation and reporting skills.
  • Desirable

  • Able to motivate others.
  • Knowledge

    Essential

  • Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality.
  • Other

    Essential

  • Able to travel independently.

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