Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Parking

Wellbeing support

Career development

Pension

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Job summary

The Avalon Centre in Swindon, part of Elysium Healthcare, is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join a neurobehavioral rehabilitation team. You will contribute to compassionate care for adults with neurological injuries, supporting daily living, record-keeping, and patient wellbeing.

Expect 12.5 hour shifts across days, nights, and weekends. The role offers training, development, and a supportive working environment within a nationwide care network.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK.
• Willingness to work 12.5 hour shifts including days, nights and weekends.
• DBS check required: Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to service users with neurological injuries and complex needs.
• Assist with personal hygiene and daily activities.
• Conduct ward rounds, observe behaviours, and update patient records.
• Support neurobehavioral rehabilitation programme and recovery pathways.

Skills

Compassion

Teamwork

Resilience

Vigilance

Communication

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 Avalon Centre in Swindon 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 service users who have neurological injuries, have challenging and complex needs and require a neurobehavioral rehabilitation programme. 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 days, nights and weekends.

Where you will be working

Location: The Avalon Centre, Edison Park Hindle Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3RT
You will be working at The Avalon Centre, a purpose built neurological centre for men and women over the age of 18 years, who have an acquired brain injury.
The centre has been designed specifically to support people who, because of their injury, have challenging and complex needs and require a neurobehavioral rehabilitation programme.

What you will get

• Annual salary of£25,564.50
• 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 are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and 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 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. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

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