Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
About
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
* Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
* Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
* Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Our Trust Values represent what we as an organisation, and the individuals who make up that organisation, are about. It is our aim that everything we do fits in with, and reinforces, these values.
Key details
Location
Site: Whalley MH inpatient units
Address: Mitton Rd, Whalley, BB7 9PE
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: 24 months (24 month fixed term contract)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work is a necessary part of this role - days/nights/weekends/bank holidays)
Salary
Salary: £23,615 subject to confirmation
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 2)
Specialty
Main area: Apprenticeships
Job overview
Are you compassionate and caring? Are you looking for a career in Mental Health care? We have exciting new Apprenticeship opportunities in our fantastic inpatient service:
MH inpatient units Woodview, Whalley: 2 x Buckley Ward (Male PICU) and 1 x Greendale ward (Male acute)
We are recruiting 3 posts as band 2 Apprentice Healthcare Support who are new to care or have some basic experience.
We are looking for individuals with excellent communication skills to support us in caring for patients from a diverse background with challenging mental health conditions. The successful candidate must be willing to work in a fast-paced environment, have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering quality care, which genuinely engages with service users, is a key priority.
It is essential that you are able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. The service provides support over a 24 hour period, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks a year. You will need to be able to work weekdays, weekends, evenings, nights and bank holidays where needed.
In order to be enrolled on this course you must provide evidence of Maths and English Qualifications before interview.
GCSE Maths and English Level A-C (4+) OR Functional skills
Once shortlisting has been completed, qualifications will need to be emailed in by Wednesday 4th December to secure an interview.
Interview date to be confirmed.
This vacancy may close earlier due to a high number of applications.
Advert
Recruitment interview date and location to be confirmed.
Attendance at interview is by invite only for those who are shortlisted.
Please be advised if you are a ‘Non-UK National’ applicant you must meet the eligibility criteria and fulfil the settlement requirements of the apprenticeship course funding. Your settlement status will need to be verified as eligible for funding by the relevant apprenticeship provider in order for you to formally enrol on the course.
The training provider will require evidence of:
* Full-time residency in the UK for 3 consecutive years or more prior to the course start date (unless otherwise exempt from this rule).
* Residency to live and work in the UK for at least 1 year from the apprenticeship start date and must cover the entire course duration including the EPA period.
We advise that you check the eligibility criteria for more details on your visa’s eligibility to undertake an apprenticeship course prior to applying.
Due to the nature of the role we can only accept applications from those age 18+
The post holder will support our inpatient areas as an Apprentice Health Care Assistant whilst undertaking a level 3 Health care support worker Apprenticeship over 24 months.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The course will require learners to complete online learning, assignments, work-based learning and all mandatory learning elements of the apprenticeship programme including completion of end point assessment.
The post holder will be supported to develop their skills and experience in inpatient settings to:
* Work as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working within a rotational shift system to support patients according to their care needs, some of whom may present with problematic or challenging behaviour.
* Contribute to and participate in the ongoing support of patients and their carers.
* Contribute to the protection of patients from abuse.
* Contribute to the health, safety and security of patients and their environment.
* Obtain, transmit and store information relating to the delivery of a care service.
Please see the job description and person specification for more details on this role.
Please indicate in your supporting statement which inpatient service you are applying for.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so may result in your application being withdrawn.
We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).
You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* GCSE Maths and English Level A-C (4+) OR equivalent.
* Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care Support Worker Apprenticeship standard.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Awareness of Health & Safety issues
* Ability to recognise scope of designated role/responsibilities and work within this.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Work in a Healthcare setting
* Work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively.
* Ability to work within a team.
* Ability to work collaboratively with clients.
* Ability to work under instruction.
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
* Ability to work flexibly when required including moving to alternative clinical areas.
Documents
* JDPS-CS2663 (, 432.4)PDFKB
* NHS Staff Benefits - 2023 (, 556.9)PDFKB
* We Do More at LSCFT (, 654.2)PDFKB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Fiona Lowe
Job title: recruitment manager
Email address: [email protected]
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