Centralised Healthcare Support Worker Recruitment Event Jan 2025

Working under the direct supervision and guidance of a Registered Nurse/ Senior Health Care Support Worker/ Assistant Practitioner/Nurse Associate 1. Undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support. 2. Provide hands-on care to service users including: o Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way. o 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. o Escalating any concerns to a Registered Nurse. o 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. o 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. See enclosed JD for details on main responsibilities. Please note we do not offer sponsorship for these roles The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: + Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice + Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment + We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity Please note: + That all applications for this post will need to be made online + That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria + That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible + That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs + That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful + That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees + That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process + That we are a smoke-free Trust SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

Those who have experience and a Care Certificate from the NHS

• will be eligible to apply for the band 3 role of Senior Healthcare Support Worker, + 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.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Are you passionate about people and looking to start or continue your career in healthcare? We are excited to be recruiting to opportunities for people who are both new to care and for those with care experience who have attained the Care Certificate, to come and work with us as Healthcare Support Workers. We are looking for people who have an interest in working in all our specialist services across all of our Hospital sites in Lambeth , Lewisham, Southwark and Croydon (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., We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer Some of our benefits are highlighted here: + Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. + Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing. + Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes + Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars + Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites + NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include: + Counselling services + Wellbeing events + Long service awards + Cycle to work scheme + Season ticket loan + Childcare vouchers + Staff restaurants