Healthcare Support Worker

**THE COMPANY**:
We are part of an academic health sciences centre called King's Health Partners with King’s College London (KCL), and Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS foundation trusts. Our aim is to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing - locally, nationally and globally.

**THE ROLE**:
Based at one of the following hospitals Maudsley Hospital/Bethlem Royal Hospital/Lewisham Hospital/Lambeth HospitalTown Flexibility to work 24hr Shifts, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas.
- Essential criteria - At least one year as a Healthcare Support Worker, or equivalent level of experience_
- Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of mental health problems_

We are looking for people who have an interest in working in our specialist services; Eating Disorders, Mother and Baby Unit and Older Adult Services all located on our Bethlem Hospital Site

(based in Bromley). If new to care, it is more important to us that you are kind and caring with a genuine desire to help and support our service users and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Healthcare Support Worker.

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**ASSESSMENT DAY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AT THE MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL SITE - MONDAY 16TH OF SEPTEMBER 2024**:
**THE CANDIDATE**:
You What we need:

- A positive and caring attitude
- Enthusiasm
- A determination to do a good job
- Willingness to learn and undertake training

Every day, you will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we care for, delivering a high standard of care alongside your colleagues.

Working under the direct supervision and guidance of a Registered Nurse/ Senior Health Care Support Worker/ Assistant Practitioner/Nurse Associate to support the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
- This role will require the postholder to provide hands on care in the prevention, management, and de-escalation of violence in in-patient settings, using approved techniques. The postholder(s) will be required to be physically fit to undertake be assessed as competent in Seni Lewis training to obtain the required skills in the prevention, management and de-escalation of violence._

**OTHER INFORMATION**:
Working under the direct supervision and guidance of a Registered Nurse/ Senior Health Care Support Worker/ Assistant Practitioner/Nurse Associate
- Undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
- Provide hands-on care to service users including:

- Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non
- judgmental way.
- Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
- Escalating any concerns to a Registered Nurse.
- Monitoring and recording service user clinical observations as directed by a Senior Clinician/Registered Nurse/ B4, such as physical observations and vital signs and escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional.
- Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, participate in community meetings and other activities of their interest.