Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading healthcare facility, providing essential support to individuals with complex neurological conditions. As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for residents, ensuring their comfort and dignity. This is a rewarding position where your compassion and skills will make a significant impact. With a supportive work culture and opportunities for career development, you'll thrive in an environment that values kindness and teamwork. Embrace the chance to contribute to meaningful care and make a difference in the lives of others.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Subsidised meals

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK is essential.
• Compassion and resilience are key in providing care.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to residents with complex neurological conditions.
• Assist with daily living activities and maintain patient records.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Communication Skills

Education

Experience as a Healthcare Assistant

Job description

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Job summary

This role is for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join the team at The Dean Neurological Centre in Gloucester, which provides specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people with complex long-term neurological conditions. The Healthcare Assistant will be part of a supportive and friendly team, providing care and support to help residents along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with complex neurological conditions. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include unit handovers, analyzing behaviors and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene. The environment can be quite challenging at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important. However, it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement, knowing that you've made someone's life better.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is 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 an opportunity for you to grow and move within the organization. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Date posted

02 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,057 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1293840737

Job locations

Elysium Healthcare

Gloucester

GL2 9EE




Job description

Job responsibilities

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 The Dean Neurological Centre in Gloucester 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.

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with complex neurological 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 unit handovers, 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. 37.5 hours per week.

Other responsibilities:
• Assisting with daily living activities, e.g. feeding, showering and toilet assistance
• Utilising equipment to move residents when necessary.
• Adhering to cleanliness of the workplace and updating cleaning schedules daily.
• Communicating with residents’ families and external visitors and colleagues.

Where you will be working

Location: The Dean Neurological Centre, Tewkesbury Road, Gloucester, GL2 9EE

The Dean Neurological Centre has 60 beds in Gloucester (GL2 9EE), which is on the outskirts of the town within easy commute from Gloucester, Cheltenham and surrounding areas.

The Centre delivers specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people with complex long-term neurological conditions who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability. It specialises in rehabilitation, tracheostomy and ventilator care where the emphasis is placed on maximising individual abilities, comfort, living as independently as possible and with an improved quality of life.

Bedrooms are fitted with high dependency equipment, including ceiling track hoists, wall mounted suction and oxygen equipment., with all rooms adapted to individual requirements. There are also well-equipped therapy facilities and other facilities such as gardens, gym and minibus.

What you will get

• Annual salary of £25,057
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Subsidised 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 are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 The Dean Neurological Centre in Gloucester 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.

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with complex neurological 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 unit handovers, 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. 37.5 hours per week.

Other responsibilities:
• Assisting with daily living activities, e.g. feeding, showering and toilet assistance
• Utilising equipment to move residents when necessary.
• Adhering to cleanliness of the workplace and updating cleaning schedules daily.
• Communicating with residents’ families and external visitors and colleagues.

Where you will be working

Location: The Dean Neurological Centre, Tewkesbury Road, Gloucester, GL2 9EE

The Dean Neurological Centre has 60 beds in Gloucester (GL2 9EE), which is on the outskirts of the town within easy commute from Gloucester, Cheltenham and surrounding areas.

The Centre delivers specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people with complex long-term neurological conditions who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability. It specialises in rehabilitation, tracheostomy and ventilator care where the emphasis is placed on maximising individual abilities, comfort, living as independently as possible and with an improved quality of life.

Bedrooms are fitted with high dependency equipment, including ceiling track hoists, wall mounted suction and oxygen equipment., with all rooms adapted to individual requirements. There are also well-equipped therapy facilities and other facilities such as gardens, gym and minibus.

What you will get

• Annual salary of £25,057
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Subsidised 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 are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• No specific qualifications are mentioned, but the job requires experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• No specific qualifications are mentioned, but the job requires experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Gloucester

GL2 9EE




Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Gloucester

GL2 9EE




Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.