Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Long Lee is seeking a compassionate and resilient Healthcare Assistant to join their team. In this role, you will provide care to individuals with mental health conditions, participating in ward rounds and implementing care plans. The position offers a supportive environment with access to various training and career development opportunities, alongside competitive salary and benefits including free meals and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,058

33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Strong background in providing care to individuals with mental health conditions.
• Experience in working as part of a supportive team.
• Ability to assist with personal hygiene and daily living activities.

Responsibilities

• Join an inclusive team to provide care to patients with mental health conditions.
• Participate in ward rounds and analyse patient behaviours.
• Update patient records and provide overall care and support.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Job description

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 sitein Three Valleys 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 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.

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

Location: 2 Burley Court, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TU

Join the multidisciplinary team at Three Valleys Hospital, care for people with complex mental health issues in a safe and supportive environment.

There are a range of services across five wards – including a specialist dementia service – where you’ll gain experience working with gender-specific distinct rehabilitation and step-down services. All 43 bedrooms have en‑suite facilities, and the communal areas are spacious with a warm, homely feel.

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.