Healthcare Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Alfreton is seeking an experienced Healthcare Assistant to support women with Mental Health conditions. You will join a dedicated team, engage in ward rounds, and provide essential care. The position offers a competitive annual salary of £25,058, along with 33 days of annual leave and various benefits to promote wellbeing and career development.

Benefits

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Wellbeing support

Enhanced Maternity Package

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Experience providing care for individuals with Mental Health conditions.
• Ability to assist with personal hygiene and patient support.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Join an inclusive team to provide care to individuals with Mental Health conditions.
• Engage in ward rounds and update patient records.
• Support with personal hygiene as part of overall care.

Skills

Caring and compassionate nature

Experience with Mental Health conditions

Teamwork

Education

Relevant experience as a Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Overview

Are you a naturally caring experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK, looking for your career to be fulfilling, where you’re valued, recognised and supported?

If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others and change lives for the better, then join the team at Field House in Alfreton as a Healthcare Assistant and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

You’ll have access to a range of training and development options to help you achieve your career aspirations, while working as part of a supportive and friendly team in a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with a range of Mental Health conditions, 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.
• Shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

Location

Location: Chesterfield Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 7DT

You will be working at Field House and Apartments - a 16 bed specialist rehabilitation service for women with a Mental Illness and/or Personality Disorder. The service offers a blended model of rehabilitation that combines a traditional rehabilitation environment with single and dual occupancy apartments, to provide a seamless care pathway for women with a Mental Illness and/or Personality Disorder and a history of trauma and/or attachment disorders. You will work in an environment where there is a strong emphasis on positive risk taking which enables self-reliance and builds trust and self-esteem, with a focus on psychological input.

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.