Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Career development

Blue Light Card

Wellbeing support

Pension

Free meals

Free parking

Job summary

Rosebank House in Reading is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join an experienced, supportive team delivering high-quality care to individuals with mental health needs. The role emphasizes compassion, resilience and teamwork within a 12.5-hour shift pattern across 3–4 days, including nights and weekends.

You’ll benefit from a comprehensive package, including 33 days annual leave, wellbeing support, access to the Blue Light Card, career development, and other employee benefits through Elysium

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK focusing on mental health care.
• Willing to undergo DBS disclosure as part of safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to individuals with mental health needs.
• Perform ward rounds, observe and record patient behavior, and update records.
• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.

Education

Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK with focus on mental health care

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 Rosebank House in Reading 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 range of Mental Health conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant at Rosebank House, Reading, you'll join an experienced team dedicated to providing outstanding care for individuals with severe and enduring mental health needs. Key responsibilities include conducting ward rounds, analyzing patient behavior, updating records, and providing essential personal care support tasks that require compassion, vigilance, and resilience. The shifts are long, either 3 or 4 days a week, including nights and weekends. The role is challenging yet rewarding, as it provides opportunities to see significant patient progress catalyzed by your active involvement. Working as part of Elysium Healthcare, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package, inclusive of 33 days of annual leave, wellbeing support, financial benefits such as access to the Blue Light Card, and career development prospects. Your involvement will contribute significantly to the rehabilitation and social inclusion focus of Rosebank House, fostering independence in living skills for its residents.

About us

Elysium Healthcare, your next employer, values the holistic care of its employees, mirroring the care offered to its service users. With over 8,000 staff across both England and Wales and as part of Ramsay Health Care's global platform spanning ten countries, Elysium offers diverse career advancement opportunities within its 80 services covering aspects like Mental Health, Neurological issues, Learning Disabilities & Autism and Children & Education. Committed to inclusivity, Elysium engages a Disability Confident recruitment approach, ensuring accessibility. This supportive network understands the critical impact of safeguarding the service users' welfare, mandating every employee to adopt this safeguarding ethos. Therefore, a DBS disclosure is necessary. Join a forward-thinking organization that offers not just a career, but a synergized growth between professional dedication and personal aspiration, leaving a positive imprint on communities and individuals alike.

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 Rosebank House in Reading 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 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

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 Rosebank House in Reading 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 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: Lower Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 5LE

You will be working at Rosebank House, a 24 hour specialist care and support service for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. People who come to Rosebank House have normally come from a hospital environment or have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983).

You will be working at the modern, purpose-built home with 13 en-suite bedrooms, it is specifically designed with facilities to fully prepare patients for independence in the community. The focus of the service is on independent living skills as well as social inclusion, education and employment engagement. There are close links with the local community for residents to access local college, work placements and amenities.

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Hourly Rate of £25,564.50
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK with a focus on mental health care.

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.