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.

Previous applicants need not apply

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 a range 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. Visit being lincolnshire.com to find out more.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 274-12236-OA-A

Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a nursing assistant grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting

Desirable

• Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Qualifications
Essential

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement

Desirable

• Certificate in Community Mental Health
• ECDL

Skills
Essential

• Ability to undertake Reducing and Restrictive Practice (RRP)
• A patient and empathic approach
• Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies
• Clear accurate clinical note keeping
• Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results
• IT skills.
• De-escalation Skills
• Planning and organisation skills

Desirable

• Immediate life support
• Venepuncture

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.

Employer details
Employer name: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Francis Willis Unit, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5UA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager Lauren Gill, lauren.gill@nhs.net, 01522309699