Healthcare Assistant

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

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join their supportive team in Kendal. In this rewarding role, you will provide care to individuals with challenging behaviours, helping them on their recovery journey. Your responsibilities will include conducting ward rounds, updating patient records, and assisting with personal hygiene. The position offers a shift pattern of 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week, including nights and weekends. With a strong focus on career development and a range of excellent benefits, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in people's lives.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK is preferred.
• A positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to individuals with challenging behaviour.
• Conduct ward rounds, update patient records, and assist with personal hygiene.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Positive Attitude

Education

Experience as a Healthcare Assistant

Job description

This Healthcare Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare's Ann House in Kendal, Cumbria, offers an annual salary of £25,272 plus a range of excellent benefits. You will be part of a supportive and friendly team, providing care and support to people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs. The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant at Ann House, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care to people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene. It can be a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. However, the role is hugely rewarding as you will see people improve due to your involvement, knowing that you've made a positive difference in their lives.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees, providing 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 ample opportunity for career growth and development.

Job responsibilities

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery 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:

Ann House provides a specialist provision with enhanced levels of support which allows people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.

The service ensures people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest. Ann House encourages people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,272 (40 hours per week)
• 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK is preferred. The role requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance.

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.