Band 3 Health Care Support Worker

Band 3 Health Care Support Worker - Devizes

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Pay:

£24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year, £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

13/03/2026

Deliver high-quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas, in collaboration with and under the indirect supervision of registered care staff.

Support individuals with fluids and nutrition, physical wellbeing, and personal care.

Assist service users with financial or accommodation issues.

Escort or accompany service users for planned periods of leave on hospital grounds and in the community, facilitating social inclusion.

Encourage service users to share their experiences in one-to-one or group discussions.

Help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe, and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers, and colleagues, and support registered care staff in performing standardised environmental assessments.

Deliver psychosocially informed one-to-one and group interventions aimed at positively impacting service users cognitive and emotional wellbeing.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and assume lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities (e.g., Essence of Care, Safe Wards, and carer engagement) under supervision.

Integrate areas of personal interest with clinical practice to enhance the diversity of the teams provision of care.

Practise planned care and directly participate in developing recovery-focused interventions that address service users and carers needs and preferences.

Proactively review, record, and assess the ongoing impact of interventions.

Participate in care planning, CPA, and risk assessment processes in collaboration with service users, carers, and other members of the care team, and contribute to all aspects of clinical record keeping.

Maintain a basic working understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005), and other relevant legislation as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST). Adhere to AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners, promoting and embedding it through peer support and supervision of junior, temporary, and newly appointed Healthcare Support Workers.

Observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and staff handovers.

Deliver a wide range of fundamental care interventions using evidence-based clinical tools to monitor and improve physical health and personal wellbeing, modelling a high standard of dignity, respect, and candour.

Engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical development.

Promote and enhance a positive learning culture by proactively supporting the induction, orientation, and development of junior, temporary, and newly appointed Healthcare Support Workers, embedding core care values into practice.

Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).