Job summary
If you have a passion for helping people the timing couldn't be better - come and see what NSFT have to offer!
It's more than just a job, it's a chance to make a real difference for our service users doing what you love.
Join our Blickling Ward team, where all our people are valued, can thrive and make a difference.
We are looking to recruit 2 x Clinical Support Workers to join our Blickling ward team based at Julian Hospital for a fixed term - 12 months (maternity cover).
Main duties of the job
You need to be kind, supportive and express the below listed qualities to provide the best care to our service users and their families:
* Be approachable and interested in people
* Be confident in talking with people and comfortable with helping people from diverse range of backgrounds, sexual orientation, culture, religion.
* Have the ability to empathise without giving advice before speaking with your clinical team
* Have non-judgmental attitude and be an active lister
* Be perceptive to notice changes
* Be calm in difficult circumstances or in crisis
* Be able to protect boundaries especially in distressing situations
* Have an awareness of and the ability to adhere to strict confidentiality rules
* Have a good awareness of safeguarding
About us
You must be available to commit and work on a shift pattern, which includes days, nights, and weekends:
* 7.00 am - 19.30 pm
* 19.00 pm - 7.30 am
**** Unfortunately, we will NOT offer just nights or just weekend shifts.
What we can offer you...
We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers, team members and pastoral mentors.
Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32 days), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets and high street stores.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our primary focus is on collaborative working, placing great emphasis on patient centred care.
Blickling ward is a 18 bed ward for assessment and treatment. We care for older adults (female patients) who have a functional diagnosis. Often the patients also have complex presentations and a variety of physical health concerns. As a ward, we provide holistic patient centred care, specific to each individual.
What we can offer you...
We want to make working for NSFT a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our primary focus is on collaborative working, placing great emphasis on patient centred care.
Blickling ward is a 18 bed ward for assessment and treatment. We care for older adults (female patients) who have a functional diagnosis. Often the patients also have complex presentations and a variety of physical health concerns. As a ward, we provide holistic patient centred care, specific to each individual.
What we can offer you...
We want to make working for NSFT a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Previous experience within the care sector
Desirable
* Experience in Mental Health
Other
Essential
* Fitness to undergo personal safety training.
Qualifications
Essential
* Care Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment
* NVQ L2/3 in H&SC or Diploma L2/3 in H&SC or apprenticeship L2/3 in H&SC
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work without direct supervision, liaising appropriately with other practitioners in the team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Previous experience within the care sector
Desirable
* Experience in Mental Health
Other
Essential
* Fitness to undergo personal safety training.
Qualifications
Essential
* Care Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment
* NVQ L2/3 in H&SC or Diploma L2/3 in H&SC or apprenticeship L2/3 in H&SC
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work without direct supervision, liaising appropriately with other practitioners in the team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Blickling ward, Julian Hospital
Bowthorpe road
Norwich
NR23TD
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