Bank Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Brighton seeks a Healthcare Assistant for a temporary role at the Children's Mental Health Service. Responsibilities include providing compassionate support to young people with eating disorders. A flexible work pattern with an hourly rate of up to £12.85 plus benefits is offered. Experience in a similar role is essential.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Free parking

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or Care Worker.
• Ability to provide compassionate and resilient care in a challenging environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for people with Eating Disorders as part of a supportive team.
• Utilise relevant experience to assist people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance in a challenging environment.

Skills

Compassionate care

Resilience

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

This is a temporary Healthcare Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare's Brighton & Hove Clinic, which provides a Children and Young People\'s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) Tier 4 Eating Disorder service for young people aged 12 to 18 years. The role offers flexible shifts, an hourly rate of up to £12.85 (plus a 12.07% holiday allowance uplift), and a range of benefits including free meals, free parking, and mandatory training.

What you will be doing

You will join the team that works to provide care for people with Eating Disorders; you will utilise your experience to support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life. The environment can be challenging, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. It is rewarding to see people improve because of your support.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for people with Eating Disorders as part of a supportive team.
• Utilise relevant experience to assist people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance in a challenging environment.

Location

Brighton & Hove Clinic, New Church Road, Hove BN3 4FH, United Kingdom.

Working pattern and contract

Bank role with zero hour contract; flexible shifts available, including weekdays, nights and weekends. Service operates 24/7 with 12.5 hour standard shifts. After a paid two-week induction, access to available shifts at Brighton & Hove Clinic and potential future regional shifts is provided.

Salary and benefits

• An hourly rate of up to £12.85 (plus a 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
• Weekly pay
• Two-week paid induction
• App access to book shifts easily and quickly
• Free meals on duty
• Free parking
• Mandatory training to ensure capability in role
• Wellbeing support and activities to help maintain work-life balance

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales in Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network across 10 countries employing over 86,000 people.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer. It is a requirement that all staff understand their responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or Care Worker, with the ability to provide compassionate and resilient care in a challenging environment.

Important information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offences Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be submitted to the DBS. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.