Healthcare Assistant

Austin Fraser; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Newark on Trent is seeking an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join their supportive team. You will work with patients with various mental health conditions, conducting ward rounds and providing necessary care. A compassionate attitude and resilience are essential. Offers competitive salary, great benefits including 33 days annual leave, free meals, and training options.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,058

33 days annual leave including birthday

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and offers

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant is preferred.
• Ability to work in a challenging environment.
• Understanding mental health conditions and rehabilitation processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to patients with a range of Mental Health conditions.
• Conduct ward rounds and update patient records.
• Assist with personal hygiene and overall patient support.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Positive attitude

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 The Farndon Unit in Farndon, Newark 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 a range of 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: Farndon Rd, Newark NG24 4SW

The Farndon Unit is a purpose-built hospital which provides services across low secure, rehabilitation and acute inpatient settings for women with Mental Health and personality disorder diagnoses.

Our combination of low secure wards and a rehabilitation ward area (also within the low secure perimeter) provide a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation prior to discharge. Our on-site facilities include large and attractive en-suite bedrooms, disabled facilities, secure courtyard and garden, patient café, gym, salon, and activity hall

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.