Female Healthcare Assistant - Hitchin

Brainkind; St. Weonards; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Long service and staff awards

Free parking

Job summary

Brainkind Stagenhoe in Hitchin is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support neurological care clients aged 18+. You will work with the team to aid rehabilitation, daily living activities and emotional wellbeing, while ensuring accurate reporting and documentation.

We offer a competitive hourly rate of £14.48 (including the location allowance) with comprehensive training, a supportive workplace and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working within a team.
• Care delivery experience.
• Willing to provide personal care.
• Good communication skills.
• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• IT skills including internet, email and word.

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to support cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery.
• Carry out personal care duties with supervision.
• Monitor wellbeing and alert senior colleagues as needed.
• Ensure accurate reporting and documentation.
• Suggest improvements to enhance the individual's experience.
• Promote choice in care delivery and support concerns.
• Protect service user confidentiality and safe working environment.

Skills

Teamwork

Care delivery

Personal care

Communication

Numeracy

IT skills

Job description

Location: Hitchin, SG4 8BY

Pay Rate: £13.21 with a £1.27 Location Allowance (£14.48 per hour)

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role**

Why join us?

If you are passionate about providing expert and compassionate care and looking to develop in your career as a Healthcare Assistant in the field of Neurological care, Brainkind Stagenhoe has an amazing opportunity for you!

Healthcare Assistant

Location: Hitchin, SG4 8BY

Pay Rate: £13.21 with a £1.27 Location Allowance (£14.48 per hour)

Drivers Preferred

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role**

About Us

Stagenhoe is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Hertfordshire, caring for people aged 18 and over a range of neurological conditions. At Stagenhoe, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs.

Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support and help improve the lives of people with a neurological condition or brain injury.

About The Role

• Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced
• Carrying out personal care duties with close supervision and making judgements involving straightforward facts or situations
• Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues, as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of clients by communication and contact - achieved by talking and working with them
• Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation
• Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals’ experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
• Promoting choice in the delivery of care and support. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives.
• Supporting service users to have their views and experiences considered in the way the service is provided and delivered
• Having a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources. This includes safeguarding, handling cash and service users’ valuables
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

About You

• Proven experience of working within a team
• Care delivery experience
• Willing to provide personal care
• Good communication skills
• Numeracy and literacy skills
• IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email and word

Rewards

• A competitive rate of £13.21 with a £1.27 Location Allowance (£14.48 per hour)
• 33 Days AL
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Health Cash Plan
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.