Health Care Assistant - LD Community

The LD CRIST are a multi disciplinary team, with learning disability & mental health nurses, health care support workers, psychology, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist and psychiatry.

The LD CRIST provide a service 7 days a week between the hours of 08:00-21:00hrs including bank holidays.

Opportunities have arisen for Band 3 Community Learning Disability Support Worker to join LPT to support people and their families in a community setting.

The primary aim of the team is to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

LD CRIST will provide rapid assessment, intensive support to people with a learning disability and behaviours that challenge or mental health conditions.

The principle role of the Senior Healthcare Assistant is to assist the healthcare team in the provision and delivery of programmes of patient care under the indirect supervision of registered practitioners.

This includes: Taking physical or psychological measurements from named clients/service users as delegated by the team.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

Contact Details: Melissa Hadley-Morris melissa.hadley-morris@nhs.net 01162953231 or Nicola Waters Nicola.waters11@nhs.net 01162953231

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About the employer

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.