Healthcare Assistant Days - Hitchin

Brainkind; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized neurological care center is seeking a passionate Healthcare Assistant to provide essential care for clients with neurological conditions. This role requires collaboration with team members to ensure optimum recovery, performing personal care duties, and monitoring client well-being. Applicants should possess team experience, willingness to perform personal care, and essential IT skills. The position offers competitive compensation at £12.75 per hour, with a 10% market enhancement, along with various benefits including annual leave and health plans.

Benefits

33 Days AL

Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Group life assurance

Long service and staff awards

Free parking

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working within a team.
• Willing to provide personal care.
• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimum recovery of clients by working with the team.
• Carry out personal care duties with supervision.
• Monitor well-being of clients to alert senior colleagues.
• Ensure accurate reporting and documentation.
• Promote choice in care delivery.

Skills

Team collaboration

Personal care provision

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

IT skills

Job description

Healthcare Assistant - Day shifts DRIVER PREFFERED

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role

Location: Hitchin, SG4 8BY

We will accept part‑time and full‑time applicants

Pay Rate: £12.75 per hour with a 10% Market Enhancement (£14.02 per hour)

If you are passionate about providing expert and compassionate care and looking to develop in your career as a Healthcare Assistant in the field of Neurological care, Brainkind Stagenhoe has an amazing opportunity for you!

About us:

Stagenhoe is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Hertfordshire, caring for people aged 18 and over a range of neurological conditions. At Stagenhoe, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs.

Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support and help improve the lives of people with a neurological condition or brain injury.

Main duties of the job

Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced.

Carrying out personal care duties with close supervision and making judgements involving straightforward facts or situations.

Monitoring the physical and emotional well‑being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues, as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morality of clients by communication and contact achieved by talking and working with them.

Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation.

Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individual's experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff.

Promoting choice in the delivery of care and support. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives.

Supporting service users to have their views and experiences considered in the way the service is provided and delivered.

Having a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources. This includes safeguarding, handling cash and service users valuables.

Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally take on reasonable additional tasks.

For an insight into what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind.

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of £12.75 per hour with a 10% Market Enhancement (£14.02 per hour)
• 33 Days AL
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Health Cash Plan
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working within a team
• Willing to provide personal care
• Numeracy and literacy skills
• IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email and Word

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.