Health Care Support Worker - Adult In-Patient Eating Disorders

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

• Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
• Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
• “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
• Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
• Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
• Child Care Vouchers Scheme
• Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
• NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Are you looking for a new challenge?
Do you want to be part of a dynamic forward thinking team?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Specialist Eating Disorder Service. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self motivated and innovative individual with an interest in specialising in this field of adult mental health. Your role will be to assist in the planning, implementing and evaluating the holistic care afforded to our patients, supporting them throughout their stay within the unit. A degree of flexibility in approach is required along with a willingness to learn whilst working in an environment that can at times be challenging.

We can offer a rewarding job with training and the ability to contribute to a growing and developing service.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role. We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

In this role you will support qualified / senior nurses in the delivery of direct care to clients. Clinical support workers have a vital role to play in observing client actions, interactions, reporting these in a clear concise manner. You will also work collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for clients on defined care-pathways, as well as working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting client's access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.

• To provide support and spend therapeutic time with clients.
• To promote client'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 client's health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Professional Staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To assist or act on behalf of those clients who cannot maintain their own personal health / hygiene and well-being.
• Has a basic understanding of willingness to learn about Naso Gastric (NG) feeding / PEG feeding, supporting the qualified member of staff with setting up NG feeds / Peg feeds and monitoring them.
• To assist clients in the maintenance of activities of daily living.

What you will get:

• An annual salary of up to £21,318 (37.5 hours per week)depending on experience
• Ongoing career development and training
• NHS Pension Scheme – one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
• Wellbeing support, such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service, and additional wellbeing days, along with activities throughout the year
• Annual recognition event recognising our employees who live and breathe our values
• There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, an annual leave purchase scheme, and much more!

Things that you will have:

• Possesses or be willing to work towards Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care Or NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE’s or Functional Skills).
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and previous care experience.
• Keen to access knowledge and develop skills in supporting clients with complex eating disorders.
• Possesses a basic knowledge of symptoms of anorexia nervosa.
• Strong team-working skills
• A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and values and evidence-based practice
• Excellent teamwork skills, and professionalism

This role will require you to work in shift patterns covering 24/7 so you must be able to travel to work even during unsociable hours.