Health Care Support Worker - Adult Mental Health Inpatients Acute Ward

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker - Adult Mental Health Inpatients Acute Ward

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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Broadeye, Stafford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 28 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: a8aa395ac8c2405da94c4ca46a54894f

Full Job Description

  • 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

    Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our adult acute ward, Brocton House at St George's Hospital based in Stafford. 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.


  • As an experienced Health Care Support Worker from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, and you'll join a Trust that puts people at the heart of what we do.

    Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

    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.