Healthcare Assistant

Integrated Care System; Leek; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare system is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant for their Mental Health rehabilitation hospital in Leek. This role involves supporting women with complex needs on their recovery journey through daily tasks and community activities. The successful candidate will join a friendly team, benefit from training opportunities, and receive a competitive salary of £25,058 alongside various perks including wellbeing support and career development.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Free meals

Career development opportunities

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Experience as a Support Worker is essential.
• No specific qualifications required.
• Must have a caring nature.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to service users with Mental Health needs.
• Engage with patients to encourage their recovery.
• Support daily living tasks and maintain a safe environment.

Skills

Caring Nature

Communication Skills

Resilience

Job description

This is a role as a Healthcare Assistant at Ballington House, a 13-bedded Mental Health rehabilitation hospital that provides services for women with complex Mental Health needs. The job involves providing care and support to service users, helping them along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive and friendly team, with access to training and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care to people with a range of Mental Health conditions. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include talking and interacting with service users, supporting, encouraging, and motivating them with all aspects of their recovery and treatment goals, such as daily living tasks and community involvement. You will also carry out duties allocated by the multidisciplinary team, update patient records, respond to incidents, support mealtimes, and ensure a clean and safe environment.

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

Job responsibilities

Are you a naturally caring experienced Support Worker 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 Ballington House in Leek as a Support Worker 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 a range of Mental Health conditions, 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 talking and interacting with service users, supporting, encouraging, and motivating them with all aspects of their recovery and treatment goals, such as daily living tasks, community involvement etc., carrying out duties allocated by the MDT, updating patient records, responding to incidents, supporting mealtimes, and ensuring a clean and safe environment.

The environment at Ballington House can be quite challenging at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important. 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, totaling 37.5 hours per week.

Where you will be working

Location: Ballington Gardens, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5LW

You will be working at Ballington House, a 13-bed Mental Health rehabilitation hospital that provides services for women with complex Mental Health needs.

The environment offers a pathway from admission to discharge, incorporating three phases: assessment (accepting help), rehabilitation (believing, trying, and learning), and community phase-out (self-reliance). Patients generally begin on the ground floor and move through each phase as they progress.

You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team including a consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, occupational therapists, nurses, and support workers.

What you will get

• Annual base salary of £25,058 (£12.85 hourly rate)
• 33 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

Additional benefits include retail discounts and more.

About your next employer

You will work for a stable, established company with over 8,000 employees, covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education across England and Wales. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network across 10 countries with over 86,000 employees. Elysium follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer. All staff must promote and safeguard the welfare of service users, and all candidates will undergo a DBS check.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required; experience as a Support Worker and a caring nature are essential.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to a DBS disclosure, as it involves working with vulnerable individuals, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.