Job Description

Would you like to become a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker at The Meadows West Park Hospital, an inpatient ward for Older People (Epsom)



Based at Epsom, The Meadows is a single storey building in the grounds of the Noble Park housing development in the former West Park Hospital site. This is a 24/7 hospital service with 24 beds available for the care of people aged over 65 years who have dementia or organic mental ill-health (i.e. decreased function due to medical or physical disease, rather than a psychiatric illness).

There are three single sex wards, each with eight beds:

One ward is for people with mental ill-health (functional, e.g bipolar or depression)



Two wards are for people with dementia.



We are looking for a confident Healthcare Support Worker to join our team and work as a fully integrated member of the multidisciplinary team providing direct care to people using our services.



We aim to develop positive relationships with the people who use our services, and their families and carers, adopting a pragmatic and non-judgemental approach and encourage and support individuals to participate in ways which support their individual recovery journey.



As a band 3 Healthcare Support Worker, you will be contributing to meaningful care plans and risk management plans and deliver low intensity therapeutic interventions.



Support delivery of planned care following bio-psycho-social assessments, practicing in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery



Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of the individual, and their carers, are held as central and their involvement is proactively encouraged



Supporting arrangements for carer assessments and referral to local authorities as required



Responsible for managing their own workload to ensure the needs to the individuals who use our services are met taking the wider needs of the team into consideration.



Plan own workload to ensure that care is provided in the most high quality and cost efficient manner, in line with appropriate policy and be able to prioritise and make adjustments as appropriate



Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner particularly where dependent on other external agencies



Support access of appropriate information and guidance around medication via internal and external sources, referring on to most appropriate agencies where necessarY



Maintain up to date clinical records in a timely and accurate manner



Ensure information is shared with key stakeholders and other agencies in a secure manner



Work without direct supervision and take accountability for your own actions, working within the operational policies and service specifications of the team



Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.



We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.



Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.



Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.



For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.



Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.



We look forward to receiving your application!



Please see the attached job description for further information regards to job role and responsibilities.