Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire

THE DISABILITIES TRUST; Broughton; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Long service and staff awards

Free parking

Job summary

Brainkind in Lancashire is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support neurological rehabilitation and daily living goals. You will work with the team to deliver cognitive, physical and emotional recovery in a compassionate, person-centred way.

Hours are 36 per week on day shifts, with a permanent, full-time contract. The role pays £13.21 per hour, with £1 extra on Bank Holidays and weekends; sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Working with other team members to ensure cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery.
• Carrying out personal care duties with close supervision.
• Monitoring the well-being of clients and alertting senior colleagues as needed.
• Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation.
• Reviewing and suggesting improvements to enhance the client experience.
• Promoting choice in delivery of care and enabling concerns to be raised.
• Supporting service users to have their views considered in service delivery.
• Maintaining safety of equipment and resources and safeguarding.
• Facilitating a safe, confidential working environment and occasional additional tasks.
• Watching the Day in the Life video for Brainkind as an overview of the role.

Skills

Team experience

Care delivery

Personal care

Communication skills

Numeracy literacy

IT skills (internet, email, Word)

Job description

Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire

Job Description

Why join us?

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people

with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire

Hours: Day shifts - 36 hours, 3 shifts over 7 days including weekends on a rota basis

Contract Type: Full-time,permanent

Pay Rate: £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role

Why join us?

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 has an amazing opportunity for you!

About the role:

• 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 morale 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 individuals’ 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 taking on reasonable additional tasks
• For an insight in to what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind: Working at Brainkind: A day in the life - Millie

About you:

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

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

Job Details

• Pay Type Hourly