Bank Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Free parking

Weekly pay

Two-week induction

App access to book shifts

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare’s Rose Bank as a Bank Healthcare Assistant. Earn an hourly rate with an uplift for annual leave and access shifts across Rose Bank and regional services with no minimum hours.

After a paid two-week induction, book shifts via an app. You’ll also enjoy free meals on duty, free parking, mandatory training, and wellbeing support while caring for people with mental health needs in a 24-hour service.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker in UK settings.
• Ability to work shifts including nights, weekends, and bank models.
• Willingness to complete induction and DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Support people in medium and low secure services.
• Provide care under Mental Health Act detained patients.
• Demonstrate compassion, resilience and vigilance in daily duties.
• Work as part of a team to support treatment programmes.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Flexibility

Teamwork

Job description

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker wanting control and flexibility to work the shifts you want? Whether you’re looking for extra shifts to boost your income or a flexible job that fits around your lifestyle, if you’re an experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK you can join our staff bank and, after completing a paid two-week induction, you’ll have access to available shifts at Rose Bank plus the potential future option to work bank shifts regionally at other Elysium services across the region. There is no minimum number of hours that you need to work, although it is recommended to work as often as you can to ensure your induction knowledge and familiarity with the service is retained. Weekdays, nights and weekend shifts are regularly available, which are easy to view and book through an app. Within a few taps you’ll have the shifts at Rose Bank secured that you want. Whether your nursing experience is from the NHS or private sector, you can join the team as a Bank Healthcare Assistant with an hourly rate that includes a 12.07% uplift to cover annual leave, plus have access to a range of benefits including free meals on duty, free parking and more.

What You Will Be Doing

You will join the team that works well together to provide care for people in a medium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week because of you.

With Elysium, you’ll get to experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like as you make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable people in society, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated as you’re rewarded and enjoy a fulfilling role.

The service operates 24/7 with 12.5 hour standard shifts. As a Healthcare Assistant on our bank you’ll be on a zero hour contract, giving you the freedom to choose which shifts you want to work each week.

Where you will be working

Location: Lower Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 5LE

You will be working at Rosebank House, a 24 hour specialist care and support service for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. People who come to Rosebank House have normally come from a hospital environment or have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983).

You will be working at the modern, purpose-built home with 13 en-suite bedrooms, it is specifically designed with facilities to fully prepare patients for independence in the community. The focus of the service is on independent living skills as well as social inclusion, education and employment engagement. There are close links with the local community for residents to access local college, work placements and amenities.

What You Will Get

• An hourly rate of up to £13.11(plus a holiday allowance uplift)
• Weekly pay!
• Two-week paid induction
• App access to book shifts easily and quickly
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.

About Your Next Employer

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.