Clinical Support Worker Abbeygate Ward (Later Life Team)

at  Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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.
Joint out Abbeygate Later Life Team where all our people are valued, can thrive and make a difference.
We are looking to recruit Clinical Support Workers to join our Abbeygate team based at Wedgwood House, onsite at West Suffolk Hospital.
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
Be able to commit to time required for working on the wards (rotated shifts, shifts information below for your attention)
Job location: Wedgwood House, Abbeygate Ward, Later Life Team , West Suffolk Hospital
Grade Band 3 : £21,730-23,177 (with enhancement for unsocial hours)
Contracted Hours: Full time and Part Time hours
You must be available to commit and work on a shift pattern, which includes days, nights, and weekends:
7.30 am - 3.30 pm
1.30 pm – 9.30 pm
9.00 pm – 8.00 am
** Unfortunately, we will NOT offer just nights or just weekend shifts.
Contract : Permanent
* This role is NOT open to applicants from those who will require sponsorship under the point-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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, plus 8 Bank Holidays), 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.
Our primary focus is on collaborative working, placing great emphasis on the assessment/treatment model.
Abbeygate Ward l ooks after older people in West Suffolk who have a physical health need and a mental health need. Some of the inpatient beds on Abbeygate Ward are for the care of people with dementia.
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 refer the Job description for details