Job summary

Francis Willis Unit has a new and exciting opportunity for a keen, enthusiastic and Senior Healthcare Support Worker who holds pride in providing outstanding and compassionate care towards patients within out service. We work within a multi-disciplinary team who aims to provide care for patients who have severe and enduring mental illness alongside a forensic history. We work collaboratively to uphold the trust's purpose, vision and values to enable to best quality care for our patients.

Francis Willis Unit is the only low secure unit within Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust. It is a 15-bedded male-only low secure unit supporting patients who have a forensic history. The ward is for adults between the ages of 18-65 who are experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates who have a 'can do' attitude to help deliver the Trusts vision and values. This is an exciting, challenging and opportunistic role which will afford the successful candidate to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care.

We offer a 24-hour service within our inpatient facilities therefore successful candidates will be required to work unsociable hours, inclusive of nights, weekends, public holidays and shift patterns.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.