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Salary for this role£28,392 – £31,157 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 6136, Senior care workers. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £33,400 a year.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity is available as a Band 4 Senior Physical Health Support Worker join the Wealden Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (NMHT). We are looking for an individual who has a genuine interest in physical health working with service users within the mental health service. The successful candidate will be able to work autonomously along as working as part of a well-established team within the health and well-being clinics.

You will be responsible in coordinating and running physical health clinics, health assessments, and relevant physical health interventions to support service users with mental health conditions to improve their physical health.

Extensive knowledge of running a clinic, alongside physical health monitoring such as ECG's, Venepuncture and escalation of physical health concerns to the appropriate teams is essential.

We welcome applications from experience Physical Support Workers and Registered Nurse Associates.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Organise physical health clinics, liaising with service users to confirm appointment slots and organise patient transport.
Ensuring physical health stats (weight, height, BP, Temp, BMI), Blood tests (lipids, HbA1c, FBC, Glucose) and ECGs are completed within a set time frame.
To support the implementation of local clozapine clinics including the use of a Yumni Machine.
To support service users to think more about their physical health needs and identify their own physical health goals.
Provide advice on weight loss, exercise and raise referrals to external agencies such as CGL (previously STAR), OneYou etc.
Ensuring patient information is entered on SystmOne promptly and accurately.
Ensuring clinic resources are audited and well stocked.
Working alongside team practitioners and access facilitators based in GPs to support service users with complex health needs.

About us

This post is part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a service for people with severe and unstable mental health needs within the High Weald and Lewes and Havens locality. The Service includes Psychiatrists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Support Workers and General Mental Health Practitioners.

As a mental health trust, we place a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff and ensure our reward packages reflect the important work you do.

You can expect to receive:

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Access to a host of discount schemes (inc. gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
Superb NHS Pension
Generous holiday entitlement (starts at 27 days + bank holidays)

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AE-21368

Job locations

Millwood

Uckfield Community Hospital, Framfield Road

Uckfield

TN22 5AW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For additional information regarding the main responsibilities of the role please read through the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Care Certificate (or complete this within the first 12 weeks in post)
Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience running clinics with indirect supervision
Experience working as part of a team
Experience of being supervised
Experience of analysing, recording and communicating complex information

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.

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.