Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Community mental health in supporting our clients in the Clozapine clinic and physical health clinics. The support worker role will involve working alongside the clozapine nurse in the clozapine clinic, taking blood samples from service users with enduring mental health conditions, as well as providing assistance within physical health clinics and supporting the team with physical health interventions.
Main duties of the job
Working under the guidance of a Registered Mental Health Nurse to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Duties
- Identify patients and their personal information using their ID, documents
- or other means
- Determine the right venepuncture method based on patient age, health etc.
- Reassure patients and help them relax
- Find veins that are suitable for puncture
- Draw blood using sterilized needles, vials and other equipment
- Ensure optimal quality and quantity of samples
- Label samples correctly and send or deliver them for testing
- Answer patient questions and provide useful information
- Keep accurate records on fluid specimens and tests
- Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards while working
- Use Clinical IT systems to ensure documentation is accurate and completed in a timely fashion
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Important information
Employer name: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Date posted: 24 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £29,176 to £30,225 a year pa inc
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 277-7095204-CMH-A
Job locations
The Heights
68 The Heights
Charlton
SE7 8JH
Application process
If you’re interested click on official website to apply