Healthcare Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave incl Bank Holiday

Birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Job summary

The Avalon Centre in Swindon, part of Elysium Healthcare, is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join its neurorehabilitation team. You will provide care to adults with neurological injuries and complex needs, supporting ward rounds, recording updates, and helping with personal care.

We offer training, a supportive culture, and hours of 12.5 per day across 3-4 days, including days, nights and weekends, with benefits such as 33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays, free meals and

Qualifications

• Experienced Healthcare Assistant with a caring approach.
• Experience in caring for service users with neurological injuries.
• Ability to work in a neurorehabilitation setting with a supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care with colleagues.
• Updating patient records and providing overall care and support.
• Assisting with personal hygiene as required.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Care experience

Neurological 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 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 neurobehavioural rehabilitation programme.

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 neurobehavioural 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.