Healthcare Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is for a Healthcare Support Worker in Kent and Medway's new NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for women. The successful candidate will be a key member of the multidisciplinary care team, delivering effective and competent care under supervision. The job involves promoting patient independence, providing support and advice, and undertaking physical health checks. It offers the opportunity to support critically unwell women and contribute to a new, dedicated team.
Key responsibilities
- Consistently delivering a patient focused service, which promotes optimum independence.
- Providing and receiving routine information orally, in writing or electronically to inform work colleagues, patients, clients, carers, the public or other external contacts.
- Offering appropriate support and advice to patients and their carers.
- Enabling patients to maintain and improve their independence by promoting and facilitating therapeutic activity.
- Giving physical health checks and physical health care as required or instructed documenting the physical health checks on the early warning scoring system (MEWS), chart and reporting changes to the nurse/healthcare professional in charge.
- Undertaking day to day tasks as allocated by Nurse/healthcare professional in Charge.
Essential criteria
- Health or Social Care Qualification (NVQ level 3 or equivalent)
- A varied and considerable experience of working within Mental Health/Learning Disabilities setting
- Good level of English Language - Written and Spoken
- Computer literate with basic understanding of Information Technology (IT)
- To have a good understanding of mental health conditions appropriate to the setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working on a Female acute ward/PICU or forensic environment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 13d
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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Healthcare Support Worker
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We're creating Kent and Medway's first, and only, NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for women, and are seeking talented Healthcare Workers to help us deliver this vital service. We have 6 roles available, these can be full time or part time (3 days per week/22.5 hrs per week minimum for part time roles).
The Healthcare Support Worker is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) as determined by the patient's care plan and be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.
Posts benefit from a High Cost Area allowance.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer sponsorship for these posts. Please note that all applicants that are shortlisted for this post will be required to attend an in person meeting in Kent, as part of the assessment process.
Main duties of the job
Consistently delivering a patient focused service
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