Clinical Support Worker Chester (Inpatient)
Job summary
Are you a caring and compassionate support worker, looking for an exciting new opportunity? Why not come and work for CWP in a collaborative role, supporting our mental health inpatient services? You may find that we have just the role for you! We have vacancies for permanent, full and part time opportunities for Clinical Support Workers within out bed-based services for adults and older people, based at Bowmere Hospital in Chester.
The Trust currently supports the Real Living Wage (RLW) hourly rate as set by the Living Wage Federation and will apply a pay supplement if the nation Agenda for Change hourly rate falls below this. All wards offer a 24-hour service; therefore the successful candidates must be flexible and able to work a rotational shift pattern that includes a range of 12.5 hour shifts over days, nights and weekends.
Main duties of the job
We offer wards that cater for acute admissions, assessment and treatment of dementia care, psychiatric intensive care and rehabilitation inpatient services.You would be required to work on a rotational shift basis, which includes days and nights. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and have an ethos of collaborative working between individual service users, carers and other stakeholders.
We are proud of being caring, competent and compassionate, with patients at the heart of what we do. We aim to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, well-being and independence of the people within our locality. We are looking for motivated caring people to join our team. You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care.
Positive attitude and excellent communication skills will be key for the fulfilment of the position. If this sounds like you, we welcome an application. In return, CWP provides a range of benefits including regular supervision, on-going training and career development opportunities.
Bowmere has the following wards: Beech - acute admissions ward Juniper - acute admissions ward Cherry - organic admissions ward Willow - PICU Maple - Male high dependency rehabilitation ward We also run the ECT department for all CWP inpatients and outpatients.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.
P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
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