Health Care Support Worker - Adult Mental Health Inpatients Acute Ward

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Band 2 – Health Care Support Worker

Are you a Health Care Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Adult Acute Mental Health Pine Ward at The Redwoods Centre Shrewsbury. Pine ward is a mixed gender adult inpatient facility of 15 beds which provides care and support patients of 18 years old upwards.

We are an award\-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.

To promote service user’s recovery through the delivery of high quality, outcome measured care and evidence based interventions.

To assist Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans

Regularly report and effectively communicate service users’ health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Professional Staff members and other members of the multi\-disciplinary team, including while supporting section 136 assessments and ECT treatment.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

Supporting your career development and progression

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

Salary sacrifice car \- fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Free car parking at all trust sites

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like\-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT \- YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT \- YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT \- YouTube

We provide inpatient facilities for working age adults with acute mental health problems and we are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our acute service who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an acute environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most difficult times.

With you in our team, we will empower you to work innovatively, showing a commitment to providing compassionate care and a strong desire to improve the patient’s experience. You will be able to apply the philosophies of engagement, recovery and positive care in your work with your patients.

This role will require you to work in shift patterns covering 24/7\.

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