Address Development opportunities available on Lark Ward!
We have an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic team based in Ipswich, we are looking for a Band 3Clinical Support Worker that is passionate about recovery led care with a focus on promoting least restrictive practice on Lark Ward, our Psychiatric Intensive Care unit based at Woodlands Hospital located within Ipswich Hospital Site.
Lark Ward provides intense treatment for service users who are at their most vulnerable. Our team provides care and treatment at the most critical time in their mental health recovery. There are several things we focus on as a team to provide a high standard of care: the design of our environment maximises safety, therapy and security. We also deliver our care alongside a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled staff; our staff are specialist within mental health and we work with established staffing levels to minimise risks.
Lark Ward are currently involved within a Quality Improvement project focusing on activities provided to assist people with their recovery. We are looking at improving our psychology, complimentary therapy, occupational therapy and talking therapies which our staff are excited to take part in to develop. This focus coincides with our huge focus on least restrictive practices which is something we are proud of as a team.
Do you want to be a part of our team?
If you are an experienced Support Worker looking to develop your skills or someone looking to start your career within mental health, this could be a perfect opportunity!
Main duties of the job
As a trust we are looking for individuals that exhibit our values and reflect these within their practice: Positively, Respectfully and Together.
We are looking for passionate and high-spirited who can be a part of our amazing team to improve services for our service users. We want people to be proactive, creative and innovative to advocate for our service users and develop our service further.
You will need to attend mandatory and statutory training and aware of operational policy and procedures to ensure safe and high standard care is delivered alongside the team.
If you want to change the face of inpatient care and make positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love you to be a part of our incredible team.
What can we offer in return?
We want to know how you want to develop. We want people to aim high and work towards their dreams. Come and work with us and let’s move forwards together to see what opportunities we can find to support you within your development.
We have welcomed and embraced working with Quality Improvement and have been able to extend our network by attending National QI conferences which have helped to share learning and ideas with other NHS Trusts across the country.
You will be given extensive support from our passionate Modern Matron whose mantra is “happy staff, happy patients” looking out for your wellbeing, safety and development. Our team includes our enthusiastic Clinical Team Leader who recognises the benefits from a healthy work life balance and wants to motivate her team to be proactive and create their own positive changes to health care. Not forgetting our fantastic and highly skilled Charge Nurses Victoria, Sophie, Tsitsi, Emily, Kadi and Ibrahim as well as the rest of the team who are already excited to meet you and assist within your career development.
We believe that staff, who feel valued by their employers and are truly engaged, and able to provide better outcomes for our service users.
You will be joining a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic team who are on their journey to outstanding.
Please don’t miss this opportunity!
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you!
To see further information on roles or responsibilities for the role, please see the attached job description.
If you have any questions please contact Clinical Team Leader Blessy Joy on 01473 891725.
