Healthcare Assistant

Austin Fraser; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Un établissement de soins à Thatcham, recherche un Healthcare Assistant expérimenté pour rejoindre une équipe dédiée. Vous serez responsable de fournir des soins directs aux patients avec des conditions de santé mentale variées, en travaillant dans un environnement d'équipe solidaire. De plus, vous bénéficierez d'une formation continue et de nombreux avantages, y compris un salaire annuel compétitif et un bon équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée.

Benefits

Annual salary of £26,676.50

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Expérience en tant que Healthcare Assistant requise.
• Must demonstrate compassion, resilience and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Participate à des rondes dans les services et analyser les comportements.
• Mettre à jour les dossiers des patients et fournir un support global.
• Assistance possible avec l'hygiène personnelle.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Positive attitude

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 Thornford Park Hospital in Thatcham 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: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET

You will be working at Thornford Park, a 130 bedded independent hospital which supports service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.

The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation. Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £26,676.50 (inclusive of a £1,619 Location Allowance)

• 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 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. 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.