Female Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare; England; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hatfield is seeking an Eating Disorders Healthcare Assistant to support young people with eating disorders in a residential care setting. This role offers a salary of £25,058, a range of training opportunities, and benefits like annual leave and wellbeing support. Ideal candidates will exhibit compassion, resilience, and a positive attitude, working in a rewarding environment. The position involves a shift pattern of 12.5 hours per day, 3-4 days a week, including nights and weekends.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Free meals

Pension contribution

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people is beneficial.
• A driving license is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively in a challenging environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to young people with eating disorders.
• Assist with personal hygiene and updating patient records.
• Participate in ward rounds and analyse behaviours.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Positive attitude

Vigilance

Job description

Overview

Be part of making lives better as a Eating Disorders Healthcare Assistant at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like. Use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to the lives of young people with eating disorders. You’ll be looked after, with a fulfilling career where you’re valued, recognised, and supported, with colleagues there for you and a culture built on kindness and teamwork. There’s also a range of training and development options available to help you achieve your career aspirations, allowing you to grow and succeed as a Support Worker and beyond. Over 2,000 staff had a promotion last year, that’s 25% of the workforce, so the opportunities really are there.

Note: ideally we require drivers; therefore, a driving license is preferred.

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to young people with eating disorders who require residential care, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Your day-to-day will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.

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 because of your involvement, knowing that you’ve made someone’s life better.

The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

Where you will be working

Location: Rhodes Wood Hospital. Shepherds Way, Hatfield AL9 6NN

Join the team at Rhodes Wood Hospital providing care for children and young people aged 8-18 years with eating disorders who require residential care, working on tailored treatment programmes designed for the individual needs of each young person.

There is also an on-site Ofsted Registered school to support young people continue with their education while in hospital. Rhodes Wood Hospital is located on the outskirts of Hatfield, which is easily reachable by car.

What you will get

• Annual salary of £25,058
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 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.