Health Care Support Worker

Ward 19 is based at The Priestley Unit, a Mental Health Unit at Dewsbury & District Hospital, Dewsbury and is for the assessment and treatment of varied mental health conditions, usually in adults over the age of 65.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, flexible and resourceful individual to come and join our team on the female side of the ward, occasionally providing support to the male side of the ward. We offer a commitment to workforce development and training, and work very closely with our Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Psychology teams. This allows us to provide a highly responsive service to meet our clients needs.

We strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your application form.

Main duties of the job

You will need to demonstrate a real understanding of the client group and have a genuine interest and enthusiasm for older adult in-patient care, flexible working, and personal development. You will need to have good communication and time management skills which would enable you to assist in the delivery of outstanding care.

Positive patient engagement and involving service users in their care are priorities for our service delivery as well as ensuring that our practice is safe and effective.

We are a strong and cohesive team who value and respect our patients, carers and colleagues. If you feel that you are able to offer these attributes then we would like to hear from you.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.