Healthcare Assistant

The Priory Group; Brighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a full-time Healthcare Assistant for their team in Brighton. The role combines day and night shifts, totaling 37.5 hours per week. Responsibilities include assisting in patient care, supporting activities, and monitoring wellbeing. Ideal candidates should possess excellent interpersonal skills and empathy, with a healthcare qualification being desirable. This position offers training, flexible benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Birthday holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits including gym membership

Access to development opportunities

Long service award

Refer-a-friend bonuses

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a caring nature.
• Empathy, understanding and patience are necessary.
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified staff with patient care plans.
• Support patients with in-house activities.
• Observe and monitor patients’ wellbeing.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Caring nature

Ability to work independently

Ability to follow policies and procedures

Competence in verbal and written English

Education

Healthcare qualification (desirable but not essential)

Job description

Priory Hospital Kemple View is looking to recruit a Healthcare Assistant to join their team. This is a full-time position at 37.5 hours per week.

This role includes a mixture of day and night shifts - working 3-4 months of night shifts per year. Shift times will be Day Shift 7:40 am - 8:00 pm / Night shift 7:40 pm - 8:00 am. Weekend & bank holiday work is included. Shift pattern is a rolling rota: Week 1 – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; Week 2 – Wednesday, Thursday. Pay is £12.90 per hour.

Located in Blackburn, Lancashire, Priory Hospital Kemple View is a 90‑beded hospital offering rehabilitation, recovery and secure services for adult males. We support people with mental health conditions and/or personality disorders under the least restrictive practice principles, ensuring patients enjoy a good quality of life.

What you’ll be doing

• Assist qualified staff with assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients.
• Support patients with in‑house activities and hobbies.
• Observe and monitor patients’ wellbeing, ensuring any unusual physical, mental or emotional occurrences are promptly referred to senior staff/the primary nurse and documented appropriately.
• Provide specific interventions with patients as delegated by a Registered Nurse, following training and competency attainment. Such interventions include observation and engagement with patients, escorting patients on leave, and being involved in de‑escalation and management of violence and aggression.
• Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in regular ward meetings and attend other meetings as requested.
• Assist in the maintenance of stock levels, including pharmaceutical products.
• Assist in maintaining ward cleanliness and tidiness and adhere to infection control policy and procedures at all times.
• Develop and maintain a good professional relationship with patients, colleagues and visitors, responding promptly and courteously to requests and enquiries.
• Help promote and maintain an environment conducive to meeting the needs of patients, relatives and carers.
• Ensure service users are receiving a quality service that is value for money.
• Receive and convey information from telephone or personal enquiries in a courteous manner and ensure all persons visiting the ward are greeted and assisted in a welcoming and supportive manner.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a caring nature.
• Empathy, understanding and patience.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures.
• The ability to anticipate and respond to challenges.
• Competence in verbal and written English.
• A healthcare qualification is desirable but not essential.
• Right to work in the UK.

What we will give you in return

• Full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions.

• Free on‑site parking.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Birthday holiday – your birthday as an extra day of annual leave.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes such as gym membership, IT technology (laptops/tablets/smartphones) and private healthcare.
• Access to development opportunities.
• Leadership and management development.
• Long service award.
• Refer‑a‑friend bonuses.

Company Description

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community‑based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader‑Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need. At Priory, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of a close‑knit, supportive and diverse team that helps to make a real difference to people’s lives.

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland, and the cost of this will be covered by Priory.

We are an equal opportunities employer.