Healthcare Assistant (Days)

Cornerstone Healthcare Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Blue Light card discounts

Overtime pay

Subsidised lunch

Free uniform

Refer a friend £1,000

Pension

DBS update service

Training & development

Job summary

Cornerstone Healthcare Group is seeking experienced Healthcare Assistants to join The Burren in Bristol. You will support residents with rehabilitation and work with a multidisciplinary team to implement care plans that promote recovery and dignity.

The role is 38.5 hours per week on 12-hour shifts (07:45–19:45), with occasional night shifts. A £500 welcome bonus is offered; plus a Living Wage employer and comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months' experience in rehab, active discharge, recovery, re-enablement or case management settings.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of person-centred and recovery-focused approaches.
• Strong observation skills and reporting progress.
• Emotional resilience and ability to remain calm in challenging situations.
• Caring, compassionate, and patient-centred approach.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with recovery and rehabilitation goals.
• Work alongside nurses, therapists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to implement care and rehabilitation plans.
• Observe, monitor, and report changes in residents' physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
• Provide high-quality personal care, mealtime support, and assistance with daily living activities.
• Build trusting relationships with residents, recognising individual triggers, preferences, life histories, and communication styles.
• Support residents experiencing confusion, distress, anxiety, low mood, trauma-related behaviours, or changes in mental wellbeing.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to ongoing case management and care planning processes.
• Promote dignity, privacy, and respect at all times.

Skills

Rehabilitation experience

Communication

Empathy

Teamwork

Job description

About The Role

PLEASE NOTE - We are NOT offering sponsorship and are unable to take overseas applications at this time.

Successful Applicants will receive a £500 Welcome Bonus!! T&C's apply

Cornerstone Healthcare is seeking experienced, compassionate, and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our award-winning team at The Burren.

The Burren is a newly built, purpose-designed service in South Bristol that specialises in supporting individuals with complex neurological conditions, complex dementia, mental health needs, and rehabilitation and recovery-focused requirements. We provide person-centred care that focuses on each resident's abilities, goals, and potential, helping them achieve the highest level of independence and quality of life possible.

This is an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about rehabilitation, mental health support, complex dementia care, and case management, and who want to make a meaningful difference within a specialist environment.

Join us at an exciting time as we continue to expand and open new communities within the home.

What You’ll Bring

• At least 12 months' experience working within rehabilitation, active discharge, recovery, re-enablement or case management settings (essential)
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams included but not limited to: Occupational health therapists, physio therapists, GP's, social workers.
• Knowledge of person-centred and recovery-focused approaches
• Understanding of rehabilitation pathwaysStrong observation skills and confidence monitoring and reporting progress
• Emotional resilience and the ability to remain calm in challenging situations
• A caring, compassionate, and patient-centred approach
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• A positive, team-focused attitude and commitment to delivering outstanding care

Your Working Pattern

38.5 hours per week (12-hour shifts)

• 3 shifts one week, 4 shifts the following week
• Day shifts: 07:45 – 19:45

Please note that with notice,rotation to night shifts will be required on occasion. Breaks are unpaid.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Healthcare Assistant at The Burren, you will:

• Support residents with recovery and rehabilitation goals
• Work alongside nurses, therapists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to implement care and rehabilitation plans
• Observe, monitor, and accurately report changes in residents' physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing
• Provide high-quality personal care, mealtime support, and assistance with daily living activities
• Build trusting relationships with residents, recognising individual triggers, preferences, life histories, and communication styles
• Support residents experiencing confusion, distress, anxiety, low mood, trauma-related behaviours, or changes in mental wellbeing
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to ongoing case management and care planning processes
• Promote dignity, choice, privacy, and respect at all times

Benefits package worth up to £5,000 (T&C's apply)

Because great care starts with feeling cared for. We offer a Healthcare Assistant benefits package worth up to £5,000!

• We are a Living Wage employer!
• Access to Blue Light card - over 13,000 discounts
• Monthly overtime raffle, receive a ticket for each overtime shift completed and the winner will receive an additional £200 in their pay packet
• Heavily Subsidised lunch available daily
• Free uniform laundered for you on site ready for your next shift
• Refer a friend scheme – up to £1,000
• Enhanced pay rates for overtime and bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced DBS fully covered by us and automatically added to the update service
• Specialist training, beyond the mandatory training requirements
• Paid for e-learning training
• Reward and recognition through vouchers and cash incentives for Christmas and long service
• Paid for company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare cash plan worth up to £700* including dentistry & optical
• 24/7 employee assistance programme offering access to advice and counselling service

Care Home / Healthcare / Elderly Care / Nursing Home / Dementia / HCA / Healthcare Assistant / Carer / Care Worker / Support Worker / Care Giver / Complex / Senior Carer / Senior HCA / Full Time / Recovery / Rehabilitation

About Us

Cornerstone Healthcare Group are a multi award-winning, sector leader with an innovative approach to complex care

Cornerstone specialise in supporting adults of all ages with complex neurological, physical, and mental health needs.

Residents are typically living with neurological degenerative conditions, such as dementia with an underlying mental health condition, and as such are vulnerable and at times prone to challenging behaviours associated with complex conditions. Many have been unable to stay in other settings because their needs have been deemed too high or too challenging.

Operating well-established homes in Waterlooville and Curdridge in Hampshire and Mytchett in Surrey, as well as a new state-of-the-art ‘eco’ home in Bristol, the Group has built a reputation for delivering consistently high standards of care, focusing on the individual journey of each resident.

At Cornerstone, the expert clinical care skills and approach of the team mean that people with the most complex needs can find a place to call home.