Clinical Support Worker

Our support workers are highly valued, essential members of our team, supporting qualified staff and working closely with patients, carrying out patient observations, assisting at mealtimes, providing personal care, and accompanying patients out of the ward, into the community or back into their own homes.
Working for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be helped to make the most of the great career opportunities that we can offer.
We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having a 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'

+ Educated to 'A' level standard and with GCSEs in at least four subjects including English, Maths, or equivalent qualifications.
It's not a problem if you don't have clinical experience. We are keen to help you to develop your skills by nurturing your talents and support your development into a confident and competent member of our team. What's most important is that you have a passion for caring, a warm personality and the resilience to help us transform our patients' lives. Also, great communication and people skills will be essential to help our team support patients throughout their admission with compassionate and considerate care. We'd love to welcome you into our friendly and enthusiastic team, where you will play a vital role in helping us achieve our ambitions to become a 'Centre of Excellence'.
Working in a service that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you will need to be able to cover shifts throughout the week at varying times of the day.

At Prospect Park Hospital, we can offer you a rewarding career, with great opportunities, where you can really make a difference to people's lives.
Join our highly skilled and supportive mental health team and you can choose the work environment that most suites your interests.
Rowan is a mixed 20 bed Ward that provides care for older adults with dementia and other mental health conditions.
Based in Reading, located close to the amenities of the town centre and a leafy park, the ward works closely with patients and families to help them to identify their needs and participate actively in their care, providing a place of empathy, kindness, and compassion.
We have created a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to make positive change., At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
Watch our careers video to learn more.
We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Applicants that require sponsorship will be considered alongside other applications for eligible skilled worker roles.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
If you need help with your application, please contact us on [email protected]
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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
+ Caring for and about you is our top priority
+ Committed to providing good quality, safe services
+ Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
+ Flexible working options to support work-life balance
+ 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
+ Generous NHS pension scheme
+ Excellent learning and career development opportunities
+ 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
+ Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
+ Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
+ Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
+ Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
+ Free parking across Trust sites