Healthcare Support worker / Enablement Assistant

We are looking for staff to assist the qualified team to provide specialist healthcare, neuropsychiatry, rehabilitation, and enablement services to adults with a cognitive impairment on our Kite ward. This is achieved through a person centred care approach, which is comprehensive and responsive to the needs of the individual and their family/carers. Identified needs will be assessed, treatments implemented and evaluated in partnership with service users as well as family/carers.

To provide high standards of effective health care for people accessing the assessment service. This includes intimate personal care, daily domestic duties, recreational activities, educational opportunities, and the management of financial affairs and a full range of everyday living requirements.

This role can be part of a career pathway, which includes senior enablement assistant, nursing apprenticeships and associate practitioner roles.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process., Actively promote recovery focussed care with patients, in conjunction with other health professionals, including achievement of set goals.

Support patients with their rehabilitation and recovery, respecting them as individuals, supporting them and understanding their right to express their needs.

Accurately assess, describe and record observations on progress or change in both patients' mental and physical state, using appropriate assessment tools. Escalating any concerns as appropriate.

Undertake clinical and environmental risk assessments and document key risk areas, seeking guidance from more senior staff when dealing with cases indicating a high level of risk.

To raise incidents appropriately via the reporting system in an accurate, objective and concise manner.

Provide information on improving health and wellbeing and signposting to other agencies as appropriate.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.